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Characterization of a high-gain picosecond flash-lamp-pumped Nd:YAG regenerative amplifier

Martin D. Dawson, W. Andreas Schroeder, D. P. Norwood, Arthur L. Smirl, J. Weston, R. N. Ettelbrick, and R. Aubert

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Abstract

We evaluate the performance of a novel 10-Hz picosecond Nd:YAG regenerative amplifier configured as a self-filtering unstable resonator. Pulse energies of ~60 mJ in ~100 psec at 1.06 μm are achieved using a single 6-mm-diameter Nd:YAG rod, while mode-matching requirements are minimized.

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