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Chin. Phys. B, 2013, Vol. 22(5): 054206    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/22/5/054206
ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS Prev   Next  

Laser diode end-pumped Nd:YVO4 regenerative amplifier for picosecond pulses

Zhang Zi-Long (张子龙), Liu Qiang (柳强), Yan Ping (闫平), Xia Paketi (夏帕克提), Gong Ma-Li (巩马理)
State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Center for Photonics and Electronics, Department of Precision Instrument,Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
Abstract  A diode dual-end-pumped Nd:YVO4 regenerative amplifier was reported. The influence of the cavity stability on the performance of the regenerative amplifier was studied. The experimental results matched well with the analysis at high pump power. The mode locking seed pulses with 15 ps pulse width and 10 nJ single pulse energy at 86 MHz were amplified up to 4.7 mJ at 1 kHz, corresponding to the maximum amplification about 0.5×106, by our regenerative amplifier. And an average power of 4.7 W was obtained at the repetition rate from 1 kHz to 10 kHz.
Keywords:  regenerative amplifier      cavity stability      picosecond mode locking pulse  
Received:  18 July 2012      Revised:  31 October 2012      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  42.55.Xi (Diode-pumped lasers)  
  42.60.Da (Resonators, cavities, amplifiers, arrays, and rings)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 50721004 and 60978032).
Corresponding Authors:  Liu Qiang     E-mail:  qiangliu@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

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Zhang Zi-Long (张子龙), Liu Qiang (柳强), Yan Ping (闫平), Xia Paketi (夏帕克提), Gong Ma-Li (巩马理) Laser diode end-pumped Nd:YVO4 regenerative amplifier for picosecond pulses 2013 Chin. Phys. B 22 054206

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