Nd: YAG single-crystal fiber as high peak power amplifier of pulses below one nanosecond

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作者
Martial, Igor [1 ,2 ]
Balembois, Francois [1 ]
Didierjean, Julien [2 ]
Georges, Patrick [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Paris Sud, CNRS, Inst Opt, Lab Charles Fabry, F-91127 Palaiseau, France
[2] Fibercryst SAS, F-69616 Villeurbanne, France
来源
OPTICS EXPRESS | 2011年 / 19卷 / 12期
关键词
EMISSION CROSS-SECTION; MULTIPASS AMPLIFIER; LASER; AMPLIFICATION;
D O I
10.1364/OE.19.011667
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We explore the potential of Nd: YAG single-crystal fibers for the amplification of passively Q-switched microlasers operating below 1 ns. Different regimes are tested in single or double pass configurations. For high gain and high power amplification this novel gain medium provided average powers up to 20 W at high repetition rate (over 40 kHz) for a pulse duration of 1 ns. As an energy amplifier, Nd: YAG single-crystal fiber delivered 2.7 mJ, 6 MW 450 ps pulses at 1 kHz. The extraction efficiencies vary from 8% to 32.7% following the configurations. (C) 2011 Optical Society of America
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页码:11667 / 11679
页数:13
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