Power scaling of LED-pumped alexandrite: The road to high gain multipass amplifiers

Thellier Elio; Taleb Hussein; Le Blanc Catherine; Pichon Pierre; Druon Frédéric; Georges Patrick; Balembois François

doi:10.1051/epjconf/202430704029

EPJ Web of Conferences (Jan 2024)

Power scaling of LED-pumped alexandrite: The road to high gain multipass amplifiers

Thellier Elio,
Taleb Hussein,
Le Blanc Catherine,
Pichon Pierre,
Druon Frédéric,
Georges Patrick,
Balembois François

Affiliations

Thellier Elio: Université Paris-Saclay, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Laboratoire Charles Fabry
Taleb Hussein: Université Paris-Saclay, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Laboratoire Charles Fabry
Le Blanc Catherine: Université Paris-Saclay, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Laboratoire Charles Fabry
Pichon Pierre: Université Paris-Saclay, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Laboratoire Charles Fabry
Druon Frédéric: Université Paris-Saclay, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Laboratoire Charles Fabry
Georges Patrick: Université Paris-Saclay, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Laboratoire Charles Fabry
Balembois François: Université Paris-Saclay, Institut d’Optique Graduate School, CNRS, Laboratoire Charles Fabry

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202430704029
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 307
p. 04029

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Our experiment demonstrates that LED-pumping through luminescent concentrator enables sufficient pump power for viable alexandrite amplifier gain. In 10 passes we obtain a gain of 19 with 10 W output power, for 50 µs pulses at 20 Hz and 760 nm.

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ISSN: 2100-014X (Online)
Publisher: EDP Sciences
Country of publisher: France
LCC subjects: Science: Physics
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