High peak power lasers, high pulse energy lasers and applications (3)

[ALPS3-02] High Peak Power Hybrid Nd:YVO₄ Laser with Tuneable Repetition Rate

*Jin Hyuck Choi¹, Wonseon Choi¹, Myeong Hwan Kim¹, Bong-Ahn Yu¹, Young Su Kim², Ji Yoon Gwag², Eui Seung Son³, Jeongeon Kang³, Seong Ku Lee¹ (1. Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, 2. Hanwha systems, 3. Defense Rapid Technology Research Institute)

We developed a repetition-rate tuneable hybrid Nd:YVO₄ laser with high peak power. The laser peak power at 532 nm ranged from 1.0 to 0.7MW at the repetition rate from 7.5 to 15 kHz. M_x² and M_y² at 10 kHz were 1.3 and 1.1, respectively.