Picosecond master-oscillator, power-amplifier system based on a mixed vanadate phase conjugate bounce amplifier.
We demonstrate a high average power approximately 4 ps output from a phase conjugate laser system based on a diode-side-pumped Nd:Gd(0.6)Y(0.4)VO(4) bounce amplifier. An average output power of 16.2 W with a peak power of 210 kW was achieved. A corresponding extraction efficiency of 23% was measured.
Department of Information and Image Sciences, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan
Naoki
N
Shiba
Yasuhito
Y
Morimoto
Kenji
K
Furuki
Yuichi
Y
Tanaka
Kouji
K
Nawata
Masahito
M
Okida
Takashige
T
Omatsu
D000669:Amplifiers, Electronic; D004867:Equipment Design / Q000379:methods*; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D054023:Lasers, Semiconductor; D009991:Oscillometry / Q000295:instrumentation*