TY - JOUR
T1 - A 1.8 mJ, picosecond Nd:YVO4 bounce amplifier pump front-end system for high-accuracy XUV-frequency comb spectroscopy
AU - Morgenweg, J.
AU - Eikema, K.S.E.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - We present an 880 nm quasi-continuously pumped, grazing-incidence "bounce" amplifier system, capable of producing picosecond pulses (12 - 100 ps) and tailored pulse sequences at the mJ-level. More than 1.8 mJ of pulse energy was achieved for a 58 ps pulse, using sub-100 pJ seeding energy (up to a repetition rate of 300 Hz). Owing to saturation effects, the pulse-to-pulse energy fluctuations were as low as 0.3% rms. The time delay between these pulses can be changed between 8 ns and >1 μs, providing a promising pump laser system for parametric amplification and subsequent upconversion of nearinfrared frequency combs to the extreme ultraviolet (XUV). © 2012 by Astro, Ltd.
AB - We present an 880 nm quasi-continuously pumped, grazing-incidence "bounce" amplifier system, capable of producing picosecond pulses (12 - 100 ps) and tailored pulse sequences at the mJ-level. More than 1.8 mJ of pulse energy was achieved for a 58 ps pulse, using sub-100 pJ seeding energy (up to a repetition rate of 300 Hz). Owing to saturation effects, the pulse-to-pulse energy fluctuations were as low as 0.3% rms. The time delay between these pulses can be changed between 8 ns and >1 μs, providing a promising pump laser system for parametric amplification and subsequent upconversion of nearinfrared frequency combs to the extreme ultraviolet (XUV). © 2012 by Astro, Ltd.
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U2 - 10.7452/lapl.201210079
DO - 10.7452/lapl.201210079
M3 - Article
SN - 1612-2011
VL - 9
SP - 781
EP - 785
JO - Laser Physics Letters
JF - Laser Physics Letters
IS - 11
ER -
