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1 mJ, 500 kHz Nd:YAG/Nd:YVO4 MOPA laser with a Nd:YAG cavity-dumping seed laser

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We report a high-repetition-rate, high-pulse-energy master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) laser system, in which the seed laser from the Nd:YAG rod-based oscillator cavity dumped at 500 kHz, was scaled up consecutively by a four-stage Nd:YVO4 preamplifier and a two-stage Nd:YAG zigzag slab main amplifier. The laser pulsed output with the average power of 510 W was achieved, with the efficiency extraction of 26.6% at the main amplifier stage and the single-pulse energy of 1.02 mJ.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Center for Photonics and Electronics, Department of Precision Instruments, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China

    X. Fu, Q. Liu, X. Yan, J. Cui & M. Gong

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Fu, X., Liu, Q., Yan, X. et al. 1 mJ, 500 kHz Nd:YAG/Nd:YVO4 MOPA laser with a Nd:YAG cavity-dumping seed laser. Laser Phys. 20, 1707–1711 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1054660X10150168

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