High power, long pulse duration, single-frequency Nd:YVO4 master-oscillator power-amplifier
High power, long pulse duration, single-frequency Nd:YVO4 master-oscillator power-amplifier
An efficient single-frequency Nd:YVO4 master-oscillator power-amplifier is described. Gated pulses from a CW diode-pumped ring laser were amplified by three Nd:YVO4 amplifiers. Pulses of 1mJ energy; 2kW peak power and 1µs duration were obtained at a repetition frequency of 10kHz. Analogue shaping of the input pulses was used to control the output pulse shape and thus extend the useful range of pulse widths from the ~100ns to the ~µs regime. A simple mathematical expression was used to model the results which provided reasonable agreement with the experimental work. This system offers a promising pump source for a quasi-CW singly-resonant optical parametric oscillators.
Nd:YVO4, end-pumping, laser amplifier, microsecond pulses, pulse shaping
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Yarrow, M.J.
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Kim, J.W.
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Clarkson, W.A.
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2007
Yarrow, M.J.
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Kim, J.W.
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Clarkson, W.A.
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Yarrow, M.J., Kim, J.W. and Clarkson, W.A.
(2007)
High power, long pulse duration, single-frequency Nd:YVO4 master-oscillator power-amplifier.
Optics Communications, 270 (2), .
(doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2006.09.027).
Abstract
An efficient single-frequency Nd:YVO4 master-oscillator power-amplifier is described. Gated pulses from a CW diode-pumped ring laser were amplified by three Nd:YVO4 amplifiers. Pulses of 1mJ energy; 2kW peak power and 1µs duration were obtained at a repetition frequency of 10kHz. Analogue shaping of the input pulses was used to control the output pulse shape and thus extend the useful range of pulse widths from the ~100ns to the ~µs regime. A simple mathematical expression was used to model the results which provided reasonable agreement with the experimental work. This system offers a promising pump source for a quasi-CW singly-resonant optical parametric oscillators.
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Published date: 2007
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Nd:YVO4, end-pumping, laser amplifier, microsecond pulses, pulse shaping
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/46890
ISSN: 0030-4018
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