[15p-A305-1~11] 3.4 Laser system and materials (formerly 3.5)

▲ [15p-A305-5] Modular Gain Medium for J-class Solid-State Laser Amplifier

〇Vincent Yahia^1,2, Arvydas Kausas^1,2, Takunori Taira^2,1 (1.Inst. for Mol. Sci., 2.RIKEN SPring8)

Keywords:solid-state laser, laser amplifier

A modular amplifier composed of a series of crystals of varying parameters was developed, allowing flexible configurations. Changing from a configuration with uniform doping to one with diluted crystals at the front produced a 60% increase of output energy by reduction of parasitic oscillations, reaching 1.6J in single stage.