Slab Yb:YAG pulse amplifier with high amplification gain and signal-to-noise ratio

Jun LIU, Jianguo XIN, Ye LANG, Jiabin CHEN

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Front. Optoelectron. ›› 2017, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (1) : 51-56. DOI: 10.1007/s12200-017-0564-4
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Slab Yb:YAG pulse amplifier with high amplification gain and signal-to-noise ratio

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This study experimentally investigated a Yb:YAG pulse laser amplifier with a high amplification gain and a high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The highest amplification gain of 172 and highest pulse energy of 131 mJ were obtained with the highest SNR of 24.9 dB from a volume gain of 10 mm × 10 mm × 1 mm. The output beam quality values of Mx 2=1.91 in the slow axis and My 2=1.58 in the fast axis were also achieved.

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laser amplifiers / ytterbium lasers / diode-pumped lasers / signal-to-noise ratio (SNR)

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Jun LIU, Jianguo XIN, Ye LANG, Jiabin CHEN. Slab Yb:YAG pulse amplifier with high amplification gain and signal-to-noise ratio. Front. Optoelectron., 2017, 10(1): 51‒56 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-017-0564-4

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National High-Tech R&D Program 863-804 (Nos. 2012AA8042039, 2013AA8042039 and 2014AA8042039).

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