10-W single-rod Nd:YAG laser with stimulated Brillouin scattering Q-switching mirror
- 20 August 1992
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Applied Optics
- Vol. 31 (24) , 5038-5043
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ao.31.005038
Abstract
A Nd:YAG laser with a phase-conjugating mirror based on stimulated Brillouin scattering in a SF6 cell is described. The output energy was up to 300 mJ in 15-ns pulses with shot-to-shot fluctuations of less than 3%. The repetition rate could be varied between 15 and 45 Hz without changes in the spatial-beam profile, which was close to a TEM00 mode.Keywords
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