title: 105 W, <10 ps, TEM(00) laser output based on an in-band pumped Nd:YVO4 Innoslab amplifier.
abstract: We reported on a compact and efficient in-band pumped Nd:YVO4 partially pumped slab (Innoslab) picosecond amplifier. A new method for mode-matching was demonstrated to simplify the amplifier design. Integrating the benefits of the in-band pumping technique and the excellent thermal management of the Innoslab amplifier design, a 105 W, 8.4 ps laser output was achieved with near-diffraction limited beam quality of M(x)(2)=1.12 and M(y)(2)=1.09 in the orthogonal directions.
authors: State Key Laboratory of High Field Laser Physics, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 800-211, Shanghai 201800, China.
authors: Hua
authors: H
authors: Lin
authors: Jinfeng
authors: J
authors: Li
authors: Xiaoyan
authors: X
authors: Liang