550 mJ Q-switched cryogenic Ho:YLF oscillator pumped with a 100 W Tm:fiber laser

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作者
Fonnum, Helge [1 ]
Lippert, Espen [1 ]
Haakestad, Magnus W. [1 ]
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[1] Norwegian Def Res Estab FFI, NO-2027 Kjeller, Norway
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CRYSTALS;
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10.1364/OL.38.001884
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report 550 mJ pulses with 14 ns FWHM duration at 1 Hz repetition rate from a Q-switched cryogenic Ho:YLF oscillator pumped with 100 W in 35 ms by a Tm:fiber laser. The laser has a confocal unstable resonator with a graded-reflectance output coupler, resulting in a beam quality of M-2 = 1.5. Pulse energies of 416 and 343 mJ were obtained at 10 and 20 Hz repetition rate, respectively. (C) 2013 Optical Society of America
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