• Chinese Journal of Lasers
  • Vol. 42, Issue 9, 902005 (2015)
Xie Yin*, Meng Junqing, Zu Jifeng, and Chen Weibiao
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Xie Yin, Meng Junqing, Zu Jifeng, Chen Weibiao. Conduction Cooling and Compact,High Peak-Power,Nanoseconds Pluse Lasers[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2015, 42(9): 902005 Copy Citation Text show less

Abstract

A master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) structure based on Nd∶YAG microchip and Nd∶YVO4 slab is reported. The master oscillator is a passive Q-switched Nd∶YAG/Cr4+∶YAG microchip laser, and the seed laser with pulse energy of 82 mJ and pulse width of 1ns is obtained when the repetition frequency is 1 kHz. In the amplifier, an output pulse energy of 2.3 mJ with peak powers reaching 2 MW and pulse width of 1ns is obtained while the oscillator provides the amplifier with a 82 mJ input. Meanwhile, the M2 factor of beam quality is measured to be 2.48 at x direction and 1.24 at y direction. This laser systerm is compact and air-cooled, the fluctuation of output energy is below 4% when the temperature ranges from 15 ℃ to 32 ℃.
Xie Yin, Meng Junqing, Zu Jifeng, Chen Weibiao. Conduction Cooling and Compact,High Peak-Power,Nanoseconds Pluse Lasers[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2015, 42(9): 902005
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