title: High energy cw-diode pumped Nd:YVO4 regenerative amplifier with efficient second harmonic generation.
abstract: We report on a 888 nm diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 regenerative amplifier with up to 33.7 W output power with a repetition-rate of 20 kHz and an adjustable pulse duration between 217 ps and 1 ns. This setup allowed for efficient second harmonic generation with an efficiency of up to 79%.
authors.affiliation: University of Kaiserslautern, Physics department, Erwin-Schrödinger-Str. 46, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany. luehrmann@physik.uni-kl.de
authors.forename: Markus
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lührmann
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Theobald
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wallenstein
authors.forename: Johannes A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: L'huillier
mesh_terms: D000669:Amplifiers, Electronic; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity