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University of Abertay Dundee
Parametric amplification of mid-infrared picosecond radiation
Abstract
dc:description.abstractHigh power, tunable, mid-infrared sources are important in many fields, like spectroscopy and medical applications. This thesis presents a technique for realising a high power tuneable mid-infrared picosecond source, by combining the radiation from a free electron laser with a powerful Nd:YAG pump laser. The method allows obtaining an amplified energy of the order of one millijoule, for pulse durations of few picoseconds and a repetition rate of 10 Hz. The radiation is tuneable in the wavelength range of 4-11 μm. The amplified energy depends on the wavelength and varies between few hundreds of microjoules to one millijoule, while the input pulse duration is preserved.
Degree
thesis:*- Name dc:type.qualificationname
- PhD
- Level dc:type.qualificationlevel
- Doctoral Thesis
- Grantor dc:publisher.institution
- University of Abertay Dundee
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2006
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Grigore, Maria
- Advisors dc:contributor.advisor
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- MacLeod, Allan
- Gillespie, Allan
Rights
- Language dc:language
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- oai:rke.abertay.ac.uk:studenttheses/c6d477b6-de64-423e-a27d-6bc29176a5d8
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:rke.abertay.ac.uk:studenttheses/c6d477b6-de64-423e-a27d-6bc29176a5d8