High Power Laser and Particle Beams, Volume. 35, Issue 7, 071006(2023)

100 kHz high power high beam quality nanosecond laser oscillator

Tianli Yang1,2,3, Jing Yang1,2,4、*, Wangzhe Zhou1,2,3, Xuepeng Li1,2,4, Xiaojun Wang1,2,4、*, and Qinjun Peng1,2,4
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Solid State Laser, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Function Crystal and Laser Technology, Technical Institute of Physics and Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • 3University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
  • 4Institute of Optical Physics and Engineering Technology, Qilu Zhongke, Ji’nan 250000, China
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    Nanosecond (ns) pulsed laser with high average power and high repetition rate is a potential solution for laser cutting, laser welding and many other processing applications. With the increase of pulse repetition rate, especially when it is higher than 50 kHz, it is difficult to accumulate enough upper state population in a limited time, and the stability of laser pulse becomes a challenge in the design of laser. The main oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) system is the main method currently used. It is difficult to obtain ns pulsed laser with high average power, high repetition rate and high beam quality through direct oscillation. In this paper, the quantitative relationship between the intensity stability of laser pulse and the pump rate is analyzed according to the simulation of high repetition rate Q-switched laser. Combined with the use of plane-concave lenses to make the cavity a thermal-near-unstable cavity with a large-volume fundamental mode, the balanced design of Nd:YAG acousto-optic (AO) Q-switched laser oscillator with high repetition rate, high power and high beam quality was realized. A direct oscillation of 100 kHz high power high beam quality ns pulsed laser by using side pumped module was realized for the first time, the discrete coefficient of pulse intensity was only 0.041, the output power exceeded 142 W, the pulse width was 165 ns, and the beam quality factor M2 was 1.5.

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    Tianli Yang, Jing Yang, Wangzhe Zhou, Xuepeng Li, Xiaojun Wang, Qinjun Peng. 100 kHz high power high beam quality nanosecond laser oscillator[J]. High Power Laser and Particle Beams, 2023, 35(7): 071006

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    Paper Information

    Category: High Power Laser Physics and Technology

    Received: Feb. 13, 2023

    Accepted: Apr. 27, 2023

    Published Online: Jul. 24, 2023

    The Author Email: Yang Jing (yangjing@mail.ipc.ac.cn), Wang Xiaojun (wangxj@mail.ipc.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.11884/HPLPB202335.230023

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