ALPS Poster Session 1

[ALPSp1-30] Development of a high-power, compact amplifier using Yb:YAG thin-rod

*Shotaro Hirao¹, Yasuhiro Kamba², Hiroki Morita¹, Yasuaki Moriai², Atsushi Fuchimukai², Taisuke Miura², Takeshi Higashiguchi¹ (1. Utsunomiya University, 2. Gigaphoton Inc.)

We demonstrated a 30-ns, 1030-nm amplification method based on a 30-mm long Yb:YAG thin rod. The amplified power
was achieved to be 32 W at a repetition rate of 6 kHz and a total pump power of 220 W with 1-pass amplification.