Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
733043 Optics & Laser Technology 2009 4 Pages PDF
Abstract

To obtain high power and high beam quality second harmonic generation, a Q-switched system has been demonstrated by intracavity frequency doubling of two diode-side-pumped Nd:YAG modules with double AO-modulators in an astigmatism compensated cavity geometry. A maximum average frequency doubled power of 185 W is obtained when the pumping power is 600 W for each module. The corresponding optical-to-optical conversion efficiency is 15.4% and the pulse width is 180 ns at a repetition rate of 10 kHz. An instability of 2.5% was measured over a period of 2 h and the beam quality factors were measured to be Mx2=9.52, My2=9.86 the maximum output power.

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