High-average-power green laser using Nd:YAG amplifier with stimulated Brillouin scattering phase-conjugate pulse-cleaning mirror

Opt Express. 2016 Jun 13;24(12):12557-64. doi: 10.1364/OE.24.012557.

Abstract

We present a high-average-power green laser based on second harmonic conversion of a laser diode-pumped master oscillator Nd:YAG power amplifier system. The power amplifier chain includes a stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) cell that was used a phase-conjugate mirror to double-pass scheme. That suppresses the thermal phase distortion and compresses the pulse duration. The fundamental beam output power was 670 W with a pulse width of 7.9 ns. A second harmonic power of 335 W with a 4.8-ns pulse width and 80-mJ pulse energy was produced using a LiB3O5 (LBO) crystal.