Novel solid state / fiber / diode lasers and applications (3)

[ALPS11-01(Invited)] Terawatt-level 2.4-μm pulses based on Cr:ZnS chirped-pulse amplification

*Xiaoming Lu¹, Xinliang Wang¹, Jintai Fan², Rongjie Xu¹, Junchi Chen¹, Long Zhang^2,3, Yunxin Leng^1,3 (1. State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2. Key Laboratory of Materials for High-Power Laser, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 3. Hangzhou Institute for Advanced Study, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

We have developed a 1-Hz, 0.95-TW, Cr:ZnS-based CPA laser system. We combined Cr:ZnS elements to absorb more pump energy and used the ink-cladding technique to suppress the transverse parasitic lasing inside the Cr:ZnS elements.