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Flashlamp-pumped Nd:KGW laser in MOPA configuration: comparative study of several rods

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The laser performance of the Nd:KGW crystal has been studied in a master oscillator and power amplifier configuration (MOPA). Several crystals from two different producers were investigated for the oscillator and the amplifier. A maximum single-pass gain of 25 was observed in free-running and Q-switched mode. We obtained a maximum output amplified energy of 400 mJ at 30 Hz (with a pulse duration of 10 to 30 ns) with a divergence less than 3 mrad. We also studied the limitations of this configuration due to the very high gain of the Nd:KGW crystal.

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  1. Laboratoire de Physique de l’Université de Bourgogne, URA CNRS 1796, Faculté des Sciences Mirande, BP 400, 21011 Dijon Cedex, France (Fax: +33-380/39-59-71, E-mail: musset@jupiter.u-bourgogne.fr), , , , , , FR

    O. Musset, J.P. Boquillon & M. Boucher

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Received: 21 September 1998 / Revised version: 10 January 1999 / Published online: 19 May 1999

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Musset, O., Boquillon, J. & Boucher, M. Flashlamp-pumped Nd:KGW laser in MOPA configuration: comparative study of several rods . Appl Phys B 69, 35–39 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003400050766

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