Laser Internal Aerodynamics And Beam Quality

1974 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Biblarz ◽  
A. E. Fuhs
Keyword(s):  
Beam Quality ◽  
Internal Aerodynamics

A radiographic method for measuring radiation dose based on beam quality

1998 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 287-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Syriopoulos ◽  
X L Velders ◽  
W G M Geraets ◽  
P F van der Stelt
Keyword(s):  
Radiation Dose ◽  
Beam Quality ◽  
Radiographic Method

scholarly journals Design and experimental demonstration of a high conversion efficiency OPCPA pre-amplifier for petawatt laser facility

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiao Liang ◽  
Xinglong Xie ◽  
Jun Kang ◽  
Qingwei Yang ◽  
Hui Wei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Nonlinear Crystal ◽  
Beam Quality ◽  
Pump Energy ◽  
High Conversion ◽  
Signal Pulse ◽  
High Conversion Efficiency ◽  
Optical Parametric ◽  
Good Beam Quality ◽  
Laser Facility

We present the design and experiment of a broadband optical parametric chirped-pulse amplifier (OPCPA) which provides high conversion efficiency and good beam quality at 808 nm wavelength. Using a three-dimensional spatial and temporal numerical model, several design considerations necessary to achieve high conversion efficiency, good beam quality and good output stability are discussed. To improve the conversion efficiency and broaden the amplified signal bandwidth simultaneously, the nonlinear crystal length and OPCPA parameters are analyzed and optimized with the concept of dissipating amplified idler between optical parametric amplification (OPA) of two crystals configuration. In the experiment, an amplifier consisting of two OPCPA stages of ‘L’ type configuration was demonstrated by using the optimized parameters. An amplified signal energy of 160 mJ was achieved with a total pump-to-signal efficiency of 35% (43% efficiency for the OPCPA stage 2). The output bandwidth of signal pulse reached 80 nm and the signal pulse was compressed to 24 fs. The energy stability reached 1.67% RMS at 3% pump energy variation. The optimized OPCPA amplifier operates at a repetition rate of 1 Hz and is used as a front-end injection for the main amplifier of SG-II 5PW laser facility.

scholarly journals Optimized Growth and Laser Application of Yb:LuAG Single-Crystal Fibers by Micro-Pulling-Down Technique

Crystals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 78
Author(s):  
Anye Wang ◽  
Jian Zhang ◽  
Shuai Ye ◽  
Xiaofei Ma ◽  
Baiyi Wu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Single Crystal ◽  
High Power ◽  
Slope Efficiency ◽  
Continuous Wave ◽  
Beam Quality ◽  
Axial Direction ◽  
Optical Quality ◽  
Central Wavelength ◽  
High Power Lasers ◽  
Crystal Fibers

Single-crystal fibers (SCFs) have a great application potential in high-power lasers due to their excellent performance. In this work, high-quality and crack-free Yb3+:Lu3Al5O12 (Yb:LuAG) SCFs were successfully fabricated by the micro-pulling-down (μ-PD) technology. Based on the laser micrometer and the X-ray Laue diffraction results, these Yb:LuAG SCFs have a less than 5% diameter fluctuation and good crystallinity along the axial direction. More importantly, the distribution of Yb ions is proved to be uniform by electron probe microanalysis (EPMA) and the scanning electron microscope (SEM). In the laser experiment, the continuous-wave (CW) output power using a 1 mm diameter Yb:LuAG single-crystal fiber is determined to be 1.96 W, at the central wavelength of 1047 nm, corresponding to a slope efficiency of 13.55%. Meanwhile, by applying a 3 mm diameter Yb:LuAG SCF, we obtain a 4.7 W CW laser output at 1049 nm with the slope efficiency of 22.17%. The beam quality factor M2 is less than 1.1 in both conditions, indicating a good optical quality of the grown fiber. Our results show that the Yb:LuAG SCF is a potential solid-state laser gain medium for 1 μm high-power lasers.

A 123W Nd:YVO4 slab laser with high beam quality output

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 407-409 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Liu ◽  
Hengli Zhang ◽  
Ying Yan ◽  
Huaijin Zhang ◽  
Jingliang He ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Beam Quality ◽  
High Beam ◽  
Slab Laser ◽  
High Beam Quality

Pulse compression and beam quality improvement of a single-frequency Nd:YAG MOPA system

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oliver Lux ◽  
Hristomir Stankov ◽  
Haro Fritsche ◽  
Hans J. Eichler
Keyword(s):  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Pulse Compression ◽  
Beam Quality ◽  
Single Frequency
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