Generation of high energy and good beam quality pulses with a master oscillator power amplifier

A high efficiency and high peak power laser system with short-pulse and good beam quality has been demonstrated by using a master oscillator power amplifier with two-pass amplification configuration. The master oscillator, end-pumped with a fiber-coupled laser diode array, provides low power but excellent beam quality pulses, and the amplifier boosts the pulse energy by orders without significant beam quality degradation. Short pulses of 8.5 ns with energy up to 130 mJ and approximately diffraction limited beam quality have been demonstrated.     

High power CW diode-side-pumped Nd:YAG rod laser

We report on the characterization of a diode-side-pumped Nd:YAG rod laser operating at high CW output power. A four-fold pump configuration is designed and the pump light is directly coupled into the Nd:YAG rod without the help of any cylindrical lenses. The distribution of pump light in the Nd:YAG rod has been calculated by using ray tracing program. The thermal lens effect of the Nd:YAG rod has been experimentally measured. A maximum output power of 800 W at 1064 nm in multimode operation is obtained for a pump power of 2400 W with 33% optical-optical efficiency. At the same time, the maximum beam parameter product of 25 mm·mrad is achieved.     

Cr4+：YAG被动调Q激光器中受激粒子上转换效应对脉冲的影响研究

分析和报道了受激粒子能量上转换(ETU)效应对Cr:YAG 被动调Q Nd:YAG/Nd:YVO₄激光器的输出脉冲影响研究.结合ETU理论分析和被动调Q速率方程组，得到了初始反转粒子密度，末态反转粒子密度和光强最大时反转粒子密度的比值变化对激光输出脉冲宽度和脉冲能量的影响，和实验结果相一致.同时讨论了降低ETU效应的方法，有助于这类被动调Q激光器的优化设计. 关键词： 受激粒子能量上转换 Cr:YAG饱和吸收体 被动调Q     

Generation of high energy and good beam quality pulses with a master oscillator power amplifier

A high efficiency and high peak power laser system with short-pulse and good beam quality has been demonstrated by using a master oscillator power amplifier with two-pass amplification configuration. The master oscillator, end-pumped with a fiber-coupled laser diode array, provides low power but excellent beam quality pulses, and the amplifier boosts the pulse energy by orders without significant beam quality degradation. Short pulses of 8.5 ns with energy up to 130 mJ and approximately diffraction limited beam quality have been demonstrated.