High-peak-power diode-pumped Nd : YAG laser with a Brillouin phase-conjugation-pulse-compression mirror

Authors
Shilov, AA Pasmanik, GA Kulagin, OV Deki, K
Citation
Aa. Shilov et al., High-peak-power diode-pumped Nd : YAG laser with a Brillouin phase-conjugation-pulse-compression mirror, OPTICS LETT, 26(20), 2001, pp. 1565-1567
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
26
Issue
20
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1565 - 1567
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(20011015)26:20<1565:HDN:YL>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We demonstrate stimulated Brillouin scattering compression of diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser pulses with a 3-ns duration into 350-ps pulses at a pulse-repe tition rate of 100 Hz For what is believed to be the first time. The output pulse energy was 6.5 mJ, with a beam-quality factor M-2 of 1.15, and after final amplification the energy reached 36 mJ, with M-2 of 2.5. (C) 2001 Op tical Society of America.