Laser-diode-pumped eight-pass Nd:YAG slab amplifier

Hiromitsu Kiriyama; Kanji Nishida; Masanobu Yamanaka; Yasukazu Izawa; Tatsuhiko Yamanaka; Sadao Nakai; Toyoki Kanzaki; Hirofumi Miyajima; Masahiro Miyamoto; Hirofumi Kan; Teruo Hiruma

doi:10.1117/12.311917

24 June 1998 Laser-diode-pumped eight-pass Nd:YAG slab amplifier

Hiromitsu Kiriyama, Kanji Nishida, Masanobu Yamanaka, Yasukazu Izawa, Tatsuhiko Yamanaka, Sadao Nakai, Toyoki Kanzaki, Hirofumi Miyajima, Masahiro Miyamoto, Hirofumi Kan, Teruo Hiruma

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Proceedings Volume 3264, High-Power Lasers; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.311917
Event: Optoelectronics and High-Power Lasers and Applications, 1998, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

A novel laser architecture of laser-diode pumped eight pass 1064-nm Nd:YAG zig-zag slab laser amplifier was developed aiming to achieve high energy extraction efficiency and good beam quality. A high energy extraction efficiency of up to 73% for the laser mode volume has been achieved in this amplifier operating at an initial small signal gain of 3.36. The excellent beam quality factor M² of 1.2 has been obtained. The compensation of thermal birefringence in this amplifier was successfully performed.

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Hiromitsu Kiriyama, Kanji Nishida, Masanobu Yamanaka, Yasukazu Izawa, Tatsuhiko Yamanaka, Sadao Nakai, Toyoki Kanzaki, Hirofumi Miyajima, Masahiro Miyamoto, Hirofumi Kan, and Teruo Hiruma "Laser-diode-pumped eight-pass Nd:YAG slab amplifier", Proc. SPIE 3264, High-Power Lasers, (24 June 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.311917

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