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High-Energy, Picosecond, Cryogenic Yb:Yag Chirped-Pulse Amplifier At Khz Repetition Rates For Opcpa Pumping, Kyung-Han Hong, Juliet Gopinath, Darren Rand, Aleem M. Siddiqui, Shu-Wei Huang, Enbang Li, Benjamin J. Eggleton, John D. Hybl, Tso Yee Fan, Franz X. Kartner
High-Energy, Picosecond, Cryogenic Yb:Yag Chirped-Pulse Amplifier At Khz Repetition Rates For Opcpa Pumping, Kyung-Han Hong, Juliet Gopinath, Darren Rand, Aleem M. Siddiqui, Shu-Wei Huang, Enbang Li, Benjamin J. Eggleton, John D. Hybl, Tso Yee Fan, Franz X. Kartner
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
We report on the development of a 50-mJ-class ~10-ps chirped-pulse amplifier at kHz repetition rates using cryogenic Yb:YAG regenerative and multi-pass amplifiers. The system is well suited as pump laser for kHz high-average-power ultra-broadband OPCPAs. '2010 Optical Society of America
High-Energy, Khz-Repetition-Rate, Ps Cryogenic Yb:Yag Chirped-Pulse Amplifier, Kyung-Han Hong, Juliet Gopinath, Darren Rand, Aleem M. Siddiqui, Shu-Wei Huang, Enbang Li, Benjamin J. Eggleton, John D. Hybl, Tso Yee Fan, Franz X. Kartner
High-Energy, Khz-Repetition-Rate, Ps Cryogenic Yb:Yag Chirped-Pulse Amplifier, Kyung-Han Hong, Juliet Gopinath, Darren Rand, Aleem M. Siddiqui, Shu-Wei Huang, Enbang Li, Benjamin J. Eggleton, John D. Hybl, Tso Yee Fan, Franz X. Kartner
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
We demonstrate amplification of picosecond laser pulses to 40 mJ at a 2 kHz pulse repetition frequency (PRF) from a two-stage cryogenic chirped-pulse Yb:YAG amplifier, composed of a regenerative amplifier (RGA) and a two-pass booster amplifier. The RGA produces 8.2 mJ of energy at 2 kHz PRF and 13.2 mJ at 1 kHz PRF with excellent energy stability (~0.3% rms) and beam quality ( M2<1.1 ). Pulse stretching and compression are achieved by using a chirped fiber Bragg grating and a multilayer dielectric grating pair, respectively. Compressed 15 ps pulses from the RGA are obtained with a throughput efficiency of ~80% (~6.5 mJ for 2 kHz ). The booster amplifier further amplifies the pulses to 40 mJ at 2 kHz PRF, and ~32 mJ, ~15 ps pulses are expected after compression. The amplifier chain seeded from a femtosecond Yb-fiber laser enables the optical self-synchronization between signal and pump in optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier applications.
Investigation Of High Resolution Compact Gamma Camera Module Based On A Continuous Scintillation Crystal Using A Novel Charge Division Readout Method, Qiu-Sheng Dai, Cui-Lan Zhao, Hualin Zhang, Yujin Qi
Investigation Of High Resolution Compact Gamma Camera Module Based On A Continuous Scintillation Crystal Using A Novel Charge Division Readout Method, Qiu-Sheng Dai, Cui-Lan Zhao, Hualin Zhang, Yujin Qi
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
The objective of this study is to investigate a high performance and lower cost compact gamma camera module for a multi-head small animal SPECT system. A compact camera module was developed using a thin Lutetium Oxyorthosilicate (LSO) scintillation crystal slice coupled to a Hamamatsu H8500 position sensitive photomultiplier tube (PSPMT). A two-stage charge division readout board based on a novel sub-tractive resistive readout with a truncated center-of-gravity (TCOG) positioning method was developed for the camera. The performance of the camera was evaluated using a flood 99mTc source with a four-quadrant bar-mask phantom. The preliminary experimental results show that the image …
Development Of A Family Of High Strength Low Carbon Microalloyed Ultra-Thin Cast Strip Products Produced By The Castrip® Process, Chris R. Killmore, Kristin R. Carpenter, Harold R. Kaul, James G. Williams, Daniel G. Edelman, Peter C. Campbell, Walter N. Blejde
Development Of A Family Of High Strength Low Carbon Microalloyed Ultra-Thin Cast Strip Products Produced By The Castrip® Process, Chris R. Killmore, Kristin R. Carpenter, Harold R. Kaul, James G. Williams, Daniel G. Edelman, Peter C. Campbell, Walter N. Blejde
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part B
The manufacture of high strength strip products in strip thicknesses less than 1.5mm is very challenging for the conventional hot and cold rolled processing routes. A range of Nb and Nb/V microalloyed steels have been successfully strip cast by the CASTRIP process enabling the development of a range of high strength Ultra-Thin Cast Strip (UCS) products. It was found that the CASTRIP process fully exploits the strengthening potential of the low C-Mn-Nb-(V) alloy design system. Substantial strengthening by microstructural hardening was provided by Nb. Retention of Nb and V in solid solution in hot rolled coils enabled further strengthening by …