title: High-gain diode-pumped amplifier for generation of microjoule-level picosecond pulses.
abstract: A diode-pumped single-pass amplifier system relying on two grazing-incidence Nd:YVO(4) slabs was developed to increase the energy of low-repetition-rate pulses from a decimated low-power cw mode-locked oscillator. Single-pass unsaturated gain up to 1.3x10(5) was achieved, and amplified pulses of 10-muJ energy and 8.0-ps duration were obtained. Efficient second harmonic generation (SHG) at 532 nm was achieved, as well as traveling-wave parametric conversion in the range 770-1020 nm (signal) and 1110-1720 nm (idler).
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Agnesi
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Carrà
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pirzio
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Scarpa
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tomaselli
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reali
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vacchi
authors.forename: Caterina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Braggio