Picosecond pulse amplification in isotopic CO2 active medium

Mikhail N Polyanskiy; Igor V Pogorelsky; Vitaly Yakimenko

doi:10.1364/OE.19.007717

Picosecond pulse amplification in isotopic CO2 active medium

Opt Express. 2011 Apr 11;19(8):7717-25. doi: 10.1364/OE.19.007717.

Authors

Mikhail N Polyanskiy¹, Igor V Pogorelsky, Vitaly Yakimenko

Affiliation

¹ Brookhaven National Laboratory, Bldg. 820M, Upton, NY 11973, USA. polyanskiy@bnl.gov

PMID: 21503081
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.007717

Abstract

Using a high-pressure carbon-dioxide laser amplifier enriched with the oxygen-18 isotope, we produced a 5-ps, 10-µm pulse of the 1 TW peak power without splitting, which otherwise occurs due to spectral modulation by the rotation structure of the CO(2) amplification band.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.