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A 253 J with 26â ns at 0.2â Hz laser performance was demonstrated using a LD pumped cryogenically cooled Yb:YAG ceramics laser amplifier. A high energy storage of 344 J was achieved with a stored energy density of 0.58 J/cm3 using a 1 kJ output multidirectional-pumping system. High energy-extraction efficiency of 56.5% was achieved with high energy fluence of 4.63 J /cm2. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest output energy obtained with a repetitive nanosecond pulse by LD pumped solid-state laser. This paper presented a design of 1 kJ amplifier based on experimentally proven numerical data.
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A 12.5 J second-harmonic generation with 71.5% conversion efficiency at 0.6 Hz repetition rate from a diode-pumped Nd:glass laser system has been demonstrated by using a CsLiB(6)O(10) (CLBO) nonlinear optical crystal as a frequency doubler. The CLBO has aperture of 40 mm x 40 mm and thickness of 14 mm with Type-II phase matching. The CLBO is mounted into a housing which flows dry nitrogen gas on the CLBO's face. There is no significant reduction of conversion efficiency by exposing of over 600,000 shots for intermissive experiment during 3 years. In our knowledge, these experimental results of output energy and conversion efficiency are highest performance as second-harmonic generation of a diode-pumped solid state laser by using one CLBO nonlinear crystal. In this paper, potential of the CLBO as a frequency converter for repetitive kJ class laser is discussed.
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Lasers, Solid-State , Crystallization , Equipment Design , Equipment Failure Analysis , Glass/chemistry , Nonlinear DynamicsABSTRACT
We present a curve fitting method for measuring the spectral distribution of femtosecond laser pulses with Young's double-pair interference. The method is applicable to cancel the influence of the mutual coherent portion in the spectrum measurement.
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We have investigated spectral distribution and walk-off effect of second-harmonic generation in a 3-mm-long type I BiB(3)O(6) crystal. Linearly turning ability of the BiB(3)O(6) crystal is confirmed for wavelengths around 800 nm. In addition, the walk-off effect of fundamental beams is quantitatively measured by introducing a little vertical polarization component into pumping fundamental pulses. A conversion efficiency of 28% from fundamental to second harmonic is achieved at a 3.2-GW/cm(2) fundamental intensity.
