Compact and high-energy diode-side-pumped Q-switched Nd:YAG slab laser system for space application

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作者：
Yang, Hailong [1 ]
Meng, Junqing [1 ]
Ma, Xiuhua [1 ]
Chen, Weibiao [1 ]
机构：
[1] Chinese Acad Sci, Shanghai Inst Opt & Fine Mech, Key Lab Space Laser Commun & Detect Technol, Shanghai 201800, Peoples R China
来源：
CHINESE OPTICS LETTERS | 2014年 / 12卷 / 12期
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D O I：
10.3788/COL201412.121406
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We develop a compact and high-energy Nd:YAG slab laser system consisting of an oscillator and an amplifier for space applications. The oscillator is a diode-side-pumped electro-optically Q-switched slab laser with a cross-Porro resonator. The KD*P Pockels cell with a low driving voltage of 950 V is used to polarization output coupling. The amplifier is a Nd: YAG zigzag slab pumped at bounces. The maximum output pulse energy of 341 mJ with 13 ns pulse duration is obtained from the system at the repetition rate of 20 Hz and the beam quality factors are M-x(2) = 3.1 and M-y(2) = 3.5. The beam pointing stabilities of the laser system are 3.05 mu rad in the X-direction and 3.99 mu rad in the Y-direction, respectively.
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