Open AccessCompact architecture for power scaling bounce geometry lasers
Author(s) -
S. P. Chard,
M. J. Damzen
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.17.002218
Subject(s) - amplifier , optics , laser , power (physics) , physics , laser power scaling , power bandwidth , scaling , materials science , optoelectronics , operational amplifier , geometry , mathematics , cmos , quantum mechanics
We demonstrate the compact high-power scaling of bounce geometry lasers with a new dual-pumped folded amplifier design. A Q-switched laser oscillator built with this amplifier is shown to produce over 30 W of average power from 80 W of pump power at up to 600 kHz repetition rate. In a master-oscillator power-amplifier (MOPA) configuration using the dual-pumped amplifier, we demonstrate over 100 W of output power from 250 W of pump power. We also demonstrate very high repetition rate Q-switching (1.7 MHz) of the master oscillator.