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The generation of amplified spontaneous emission in high‐power CPA laser systems
An analytical model is presented describing the temporal intensity contrast determined by amplified spontaneous emission in high‐intensity laser systems which are based on the principle of chirped pulse amplification. The model describes both the generation and the amplification of the amplified spo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4845653/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27134684 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lpor.201500186 |
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author | Keppler, Sebastian Sävert, Alexander Körner, Jörg Hornung, Marco Liebetrau, Hartmut Hein, Joachim Kaluza, Malte Christoph |
author_facet | Keppler, Sebastian Sävert, Alexander Körner, Jörg Hornung, Marco Liebetrau, Hartmut Hein, Joachim Kaluza, Malte Christoph |
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description | An analytical model is presented describing the temporal intensity contrast determined by amplified spontaneous emission in high‐intensity laser systems which are based on the principle of chirped pulse amplification. The model describes both the generation and the amplification of the amplified spontaneous emission for each type of laser amplifier. This model is applied to different solid state laser materials which can support the amplification of pulse durations [Formula: see text]. The results are compared to intensity and fluence thresholds, e.g. determined by damage thresholds of a certain target material to be used in high‐intensity applications. This allows determining if additional means for contrast improvement, e.g. plasma mirrors, are required for a certain type of laser system and application. Using this model, the requirements for an optimized high‐contrast front‐end design are derived regarding the necessary contrast improvement and the amplified “clean” output energy for a desired focussed peak intensity. Finally, the model is compared to measurements at three different high‐intensity laser systems based on Ti:Sapphire and Yb:glass. These measurements show an excellent agreement with the model. [Image: see text] |
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spelling | pubmed-48456532016-04-29 The generation of amplified spontaneous emission in high‐power CPA laser systems Keppler, Sebastian Sävert, Alexander Körner, Jörg Hornung, Marco Liebetrau, Hartmut Hein, Joachim Kaluza, Malte Christoph Laser Photon Rev Original Papers An analytical model is presented describing the temporal intensity contrast determined by amplified spontaneous emission in high‐intensity laser systems which are based on the principle of chirped pulse amplification. The model describes both the generation and the amplification of the amplified spontaneous emission for each type of laser amplifier. This model is applied to different solid state laser materials which can support the amplification of pulse durations [Formula: see text]. The results are compared to intensity and fluence thresholds, e.g. determined by damage thresholds of a certain target material to be used in high‐intensity applications. This allows determining if additional means for contrast improvement, e.g. plasma mirrors, are required for a certain type of laser system and application. Using this model, the requirements for an optimized high‐contrast front‐end design are derived regarding the necessary contrast improvement and the amplified “clean” output energy for a desired focussed peak intensity. Finally, the model is compared to measurements at three different high‐intensity laser systems based on Ti:Sapphire and Yb:glass. These measurements show an excellent agreement with the model. [Image: see text] John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015-12-30 2016-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4845653/ /pubmed/27134684 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lpor.201500186 Text en © 2015 The Authors. Laser & Photonics Reviews published by WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA Weinheim. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution‐NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes. |
spellingShingle | Original Papers Keppler, Sebastian Sävert, Alexander Körner, Jörg Hornung, Marco Liebetrau, Hartmut Hein, Joachim Kaluza, Malte Christoph The generation of amplified spontaneous emission in high‐power CPA laser systems |
title | The generation of amplified spontaneous emission in high‐power CPA laser systems |
title_full | The generation of amplified spontaneous emission in high‐power CPA laser systems |
title_fullStr | The generation of amplified spontaneous emission in high‐power CPA laser systems |
title_full_unstemmed | The generation of amplified spontaneous emission in high‐power CPA laser systems |
title_short | The generation of amplified spontaneous emission in high‐power CPA laser systems |
title_sort | generation of amplified spontaneous emission in high‐power cpa laser systems |
topic | Original Papers |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4845653/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27134684 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/lpor.201500186 |
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