High Beam Quality All-Solid-State 1053nm Nd: Glass Amplifier Shaping by LCSLM at Repetition Frequency

Abstract:

A laser amplifier of LD pumping Nd: glass with a high beam quality and stability, which amplifies nanosecond laser pulse, has been developed in this paper. Under 1Hz repetition frequency, when the flat top pulse of 3 ns width and 1 nJ energy is injected as the seed pulse, the average output energy of the laser amplifier is 115.3 mJ with a net gain of 109, the energy dispersion degree of the outputting laser is no more than 2%; the modulation degree near field is less than 1.23:1.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 529)
• Pages: 144-147
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.529.144
• Online since: June 2012
• Authors: Ji Si Qiu, Zhong Wei Fan, Xiong Xin Tang, Fu Qiang Lian, Xiao Lei Zhang, Yun Feng Ma
• Keywords: Laser, Laser Beam Shaping, Laser Optics, Nd: Glass, Spatial Light Modulators

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