Temporal Pulse Shaping in Master Oscillator Power Amplifiers

Fig. 1. Structure of MOPA system

Fig. 2. Temporal pulse shape of MOPA. (a) Input pulse shape; (b) output pulse shape^[34]

Fig. 3. Gain fluence curve of amplifier^[47]

Fig. 4. Schematic of active pulse shaping system ^[32]

Fig. 5. Slice model of a laser amplifier^[53]

Fig. 6. Schematic of the experimental setup ^[54]

Fig. 7. Input and output pulse shapes. (a) Input pre-compensated pulse shapes; (b) comparison of the output pulse shape and the targeted one^[54]