We report on a high-energy solid-state laser based on a master- oscillator power-amplifier system seeded by a 5-GHz repetition-rate mode- locked oscillator, aimed at the excitation of the dynamic Casimir effect by optically modulating a microwave resonator. Solid-state amplifiers provide up to 250 mJ at 1064 nm in a 500-ns (macro-)pulse envelope containing 12- ps (micro-)pulses, with a macro/micropulse format and energy resembling that of near-infrared free-electron lasers. Efficient second-harmonic conversion allowed synchronous pumping of an optical parametric oscillator, obtaining up to 40 mJ in the range 750-850 nm.

Laser system generating 250-mJ bunches of 5-GHz repetition rate, 12-ps pulses

BRAGGIO, CATERINA;
2008

Abstract

We report on a high-energy solid-state laser based on a master- oscillator power-amplifier system seeded by a 5-GHz repetition-rate mode- locked oscillator, aimed at the excitation of the dynamic Casimir effect by optically modulating a microwave resonator. Solid-state amplifiers provide up to 250 mJ at 1064 nm in a 500-ns (macro-)pulse envelope containing 12- ps (micro-)pulses, with a macro/micropulse format and energy resembling that of near-infrared free-electron lasers. Efficient second-harmonic conversion allowed synchronous pumping of an optical parametric oscillator, obtaining up to 40 mJ in the range 750-850 nm.
2008
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