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Nd:YAG single-crystal fiber as power amplifier of pulses below one nanosecond

Igor Martial
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Julien Didierjean
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Abstract

We explore the potential of Nd:YAG single-crystal fibers for the amplification of passively Q-switched microlasers operating below 1 ns. Different regimes are tested in single or double pass configurations. For high gain and high power amplification this novel gain medium provided average powers up to 20 W at high repetition rate (over 40 kHz) for a pulse duration of 1 ns. As an energy amplifier, Nd:YAG single-crystal fiber delivered 2.7 mJ, 6 MW 450 ps pulses at 1 kHz. The extraction efficiencies vary from 8% to 32.7% following the configurations.
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hal-00819340 , version 1 (20-11-2015)

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Igor Martial, François Balembois, Julien Didierjean, Patrick Georges. Nd:YAG single-crystal fiber as power amplifier of pulses below one nanosecond. Optics Express, 2011, 19 (12), pp.11667-11679. ⟨10.1364/OE.19.011667⟩. ⟨hal-00819340⟩
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