• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 41, Issue 14, 1414003 (2021)
Jing Dong1, Hantian Chen1, Hailin Wang1, Xianshi Jia1, Guangzhi Zhu1, Kozlov Aleksei2, and Xiao Zhu1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Optical and Electronic Information, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, China
  • 2POLYUS Research Institute of M.F. Stelmakh Joint Stock Company, Moscow 117342, Russia
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    DOI: 10.3788/AOS202141.1414003 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Jing Dong, Hantian Chen, Hailin Wang, Xianshi Jia, Guangzhi Zhu, Kozlov Aleksei, Xiao Zhu. Research on Picosecond Laser Regenerative Amplifier Based on Thin-Disk Gain Medium[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2021, 41(14): 1414003 Copy Citation Text show less
    Schematic of the Yb∶YAG thin-disk regenerative amplifier
    Fig. 1. Schematic of the Yb∶YAG thin-disk regenerative amplifier
    Theoretical calculation of spot size of fundamental mode in regenerative amplifier cavity
    Fig. 2. Theoretical calculation of spot size of fundamental mode in regenerative amplifier cavity
    Results of numerical solution of the theoretical model. (a) Curve of the upper state population density N varying with time; (b) curve of the pulse energy in the cavity varying with time
    Fig. 3. Results of numerical solution of the theoretical model. (a) Curve of the upper state population density N varying with time; (b) curve of the pulse energy in the cavity varying with time
    Experimental results. (a) Pulse amplification process in the regenerative amplifier cavity measured by experiment; (b) output pulse measured by experiment
    Fig. 4. Experimental results. (a) Pulse amplification process in the regenerative amplifier cavity measured by experiment; (b) output pulse measured by experiment
    Experimental results. (a) Output power with different round-trips obtained by experimental measurement and theoretical calculation; (b) theoretically calculated output power of different losses with different round-trips
    Fig. 5. Experimental results. (a) Output power with different round-trips obtained by experimental measurement and theoretical calculation; (b) theoretically calculated output power of different losses with different round-trips
    Experimental results. (a) Continuous output power at different pump powers; (b) beam quality of the output laser
    Fig. 6. Experimental results. (a) Continuous output power at different pump powers; (b) beam quality of the output laser
    Spectrum of seed light and amplified light
    Fig. 7. Spectrum of seed light and amplified light
    Experimental results. (a) Autocorrelation curve of seed light; (b) autocorrelation curve of amplified light
    Fig. 8. Experimental results. (a) Autocorrelation curve of seed light; (b) autocorrelation curve of amplified light
    Schematic of the regenerative amplifier based on double thin-disk modules
    Fig. 9. Schematic of the regenerative amplifier based on double thin-disk modules
    Output power of regenerative amplifier based on double thin-disk modules
    Fig. 10. Output power of regenerative amplifier based on double thin-disk modules
    Jing Dong, Hantian Chen, Hailin Wang, Xianshi Jia, Guangzhi Zhu, Kozlov Aleksei, Xiao Zhu. Research on Picosecond Laser Regenerative Amplifier Based on Thin-Disk Gain Medium[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2021, 41(14): 1414003
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