Open AccessMulti-atmosphere picosecond CO2 amplifier optically pumped at 43 μm
Author(s) -
D. Tovey,
Sergei Tochitsky,
J. Pigeon,
G. J. Louwrens,
Mikhail Polyanskiy,
I. BenZvi,
C. Joshi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
applied optics
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.668
H-Index - 197
eISSN - 2155-3165
pISSN - 1559-128X
DOI - 10.1364/ao.58.005756
Subject(s) - optics , picosecond , materials science , laser , regenerative amplification , amplifier , atmosphere (unit) , optical pumping , optical amplifier , optoelectronics , physics , cmos , thermodynamics
The possibility of the amplification of picosecond 10 μm pulses to gigawatt powers in an optically pumped 20 atmosphere CO 2 laser is shown using numerical simulations. Multi-millijoule 4.3 μm pulses generated by a tunable Fe:ZnSe laser are considered for pumping.