Development of a high energy diode-pumped chirped pulse amplification laser system for driving soft x-ray lasers
| dc.contributor.author | Reagan, Brendan A., author | |
| dc.contributor.author | Rocca, Jorge, advisor | |
| dc.contributor.author | Menoni, Carmen, committee member | |
| dc.contributor.author | Marconi, Mario, committee member | |
| dc.contributor.author | Krueger, David, committee member | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2007-01-03T08:10:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-06-01T08:10:42Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2012 | |
| dc.description.abstract | There is significant interest in the development of compact high repetition rate soft x-ray lasers for applications. This dissertation describes the development of a high energy, laser diode pumped, chirped pulse amplification laser system for driving soft x-ray lasers in the 10-20 nm spectral region. The compact laser system combines room temperature and cryogenically-cooled Yb:YAG amplifier to produce 1.5 Joule pulses at up to 50 Hz repetition rate. Pulse compression results in 1 J pulses of 5 ps duration. A room temperature pre-amplifier maintains bandwidth for short pulse operation and a novel cryogenic cooling technique for the power amplifier was developed to enable high average power operation of this laser. This laser was used to drive a soft x-ray laser on the 18.9 nm line of nickel-like molybdenum. This is the first demonstration of a soft x-ray laser driven by an all diode-pumped laser. | |
| dc.format.medium | born digital | |
| dc.format.medium | doctoral dissertations | |
| dc.identifier | Reagan_colostate_0053A_10894.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | ETDF2012400270ECEN | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10217/67617 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Colorado State University. Libraries | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 2000-2019 | |
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| dc.subject | diode | |
| dc.subject | ultrafast | |
| dc.subject | soft x-ray laser | |
| dc.subject | laser | |
| dc.title | Development of a high energy diode-pumped chirped pulse amplification laser system for driving soft x-ray lasers | |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dcterms.embargo.expires | 2013-06-01 | |
| dcterms.embargo.terms | 2013-06-01 | |
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| thesis.degree.discipline | Electrical and Computer Engineering | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Colorado State University | |
| thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | |
| thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) |
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