title: High power laser pulses with voltage controlled durations of 400 - 1000 ps.
abstract: We report on the generation and amplification of pulses with pulse widths of 400 - 1000 ps at 1064 nm. For pulse generation an ultra-fast semiconductor modulator is used that modulates a cw-beam of a DFB diode laser. The pulse lengths could be adjusted by the use of a voltage control. The pulses were amplified in a solid state Nd:YVO₄ regenerative amplifier to an average power of up to 47.7 W at 100 - 816 kHz.
authors.affiliation: Photonik-Zentrum Kaiserslautern, Kohlenhofstr. 10, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany. florian.harth@pzkl.de
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Harth
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ulm
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lührmann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Knappe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Klehr
authors.forename: Th
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Erbert
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: L'huillier
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D054023:Lasers, Semiconductor