OPTICS & PHOTONICS International Congress 2024
Apr 22 - Apr 26, 2024PACIFICO Yokohama, Japan
OPTICS & PHOTONICS International Congress 2024
Apr 22 - Apr 26, 2024PACIFICO Yokohama, Japan
[ALPS11-01(Invited)]Terawatt-level 2.4-μm pulses based on Cr:ZnS chirped-pulse amplification
*Xiaoming Lu1, Xinliang Wang1, Jintai Fan2, Rongjie Xu1, Junchi Chen1, Long Zhang2,3, Yunxin Leng1,3(1. State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2. Key Laboratory of Materials for High-Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 3. Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
We have developed a 1-Hz, 0.95-TW, Cr:ZnS-based CPA laser system. We combined Cr:ZnS elements to absorb more pump energy and used the ink-cladding technique to suppress the transverse parasitic lasing inside the Cr:ZnS elements.