AUTHOR=Jiang Xinying , Xiao Kaibo , Yan Xiongwei , Wang Zhenguo , Jiang Xuejun , Xue Qiao , Wu Wenlong , Chen Ji , Zhang Chuanchao , Zheng Jiangang , Peng Zhitao , Zheng Kuixing , Li Ping , Hu Dongxia , Zhu Qihua , Zheng Wanguo 

TITLE=Diode-Pumped 50 Hz–10 J Nano-Second Nd:YAG Laser

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Physics

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/physics/articles/10.3389/fphy.2022.923710

DOI=10.3389/fphy.2022.923710

ISSN=2296-424X

ABSTRACT=In this letter, we report a diode pumped nano- second laser with the output energy 10J, repetition rate 50Hz and the average power 500W. The main amplifier was made up by 8 amplify modules. Each amplify module was pumped by 808nm laser diode and cooled by water from the back end of Nd:YAG slab. To our knowledge, this represents the highest pulse repetition rate for 10J class nano-second single aperature Nd:YAG laser. The beam quality was controlled by means of mechanical design and adjustment and compensation by a home-made deforming mirror. The beam quality was controlled well with the beam quality of the laser 2.61DL.