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Interaction of extreme light fields with matter
Picosecond hybrid laser based on semiconductor laser, fibre and Nd : YVO4 amplifiers. Investigation of effects limiting the peak power
I. A. Gorbunov, O. V. Kulagin Federal Research Center The Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod
Abstract:
Based on a distributed-feedback (DFB) semiconductor laser, an ytterbium fibre amplifier, an Nd : YVO4 amplifier, and a frequency converter, we designed a hybrid picosecond laser for satellite laser ranging. A gain exceeding 108 is achieved while maintaining the temporal shape and spectrum of the pulses, with a low noise level and a divergence close to the diffraction limit. The pulse energy after conversion to the second harmonic at λ = 532 nm is 2.2 mJ with a duration of 27 ps and a repetition rate of 1 kHz. It is shown that the main effects limiting the peak power are spectrum broadening due to self-phase modulation in a fibre amplifier and large-scale self-focusing in the Nd : YVO4 amplifier. Optimisation of the amplifier geometry and the use of a uniform profile of the pump radiation intensity make it possible to reduce the effect of self-focusing and increase the energy efficiency of the amplifier.
Keywords:
picosecond lasers, DFB lasers, fibre amplifiers, largescale self-focusing.
Received: 27.08.2021
Citation:
I. A. Gorbunov, O. V. Kulagin, “Picosecond hybrid laser based on semiconductor laser, fibre and Nd : YVO4 amplifiers. Investigation of effects limiting the peak power”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 51:10 (2021), 886–893 [Quantum Electron., 51:10 (2021), 886–893]
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https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/qe17917 https://www.mathnet.ru/eng/qe/v51/i10/p886
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