Commissioning of a kW-class nanosecond pulsed DPSSL operating at 105 J, 10 Hz

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Mason, P. - Divoký, Martin - Butcher, T. - Pilař, Jan - Ertel, K. - Hanuš, Martin - De Vido, M. - Banerjee, S. - Phillips, J. - Smith, J. - Hollingham, I. - Muresan, Mihai-George - Landowski, B. - Suarez-Merchan, J. - Thomas, A. - Dominey, M. - Benson, L. - Lintern, A. - Costello, B. - Tomlinson, S. - Blake, S. - Tyldesley, M. - Lucianetti, Antonio - Hernandez-Gomez, C. - Edwards, C. - Mocek, Tomáš - Collier, J.
Commissioning of a kW-class nanosecond pulsed DPSSL operating at 105 J, 10 Hz.
High-Power, High-Energy, and High-Intensity Laser Technology III. Bellingham: SPIE, 2017 - (Hein, J.), Roč. 10238 (2017), s. 1-10, č. článku 102380H. Proceedings of SPIE, 10238. ISBN 9781510609778. ISSN 0277-786X.
[High-Power, High-Energy, and High-Intensity Laser Technology III. Praha (CZ), 26.04.2017-27.04.2017]
Grant CEP: GA MŠMT LO1602; GA MŠMT LM2015086
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378271
Klíčová slova: DPSSL * high energy lasers * Yb:YAG * cryogenic lasers * laser amplifiers * thermal management
Obor OECD: Optics (including laser optics and quantum optics)

In this paper we present details of the commissioning of DiPOLE100, a kW-class nanosecond pulsed diode pumped solid state laser (DPSSL), at the HiLASE Centre at Dolní Břežany in the Czech Republic. The laser system, built at the Central Laser Facility (CLF), was dismantled, packaged, shipped and reassembled at HiLASE over a 12 month period by a collaborative team from the CLF and HiLASE. First operation of the laser at the end of 2016 demonstrated amplification of 10 ns pulses at 10 Hz pulse repetition rate to an energy of 105 J at 1029.5 nm, representing the world’s first kW average power, high-energy, nanosecond pulsed DPSSL. To date DiPOLE100 has been operated for over 2.5 hours at energies in excess of 100 J at 10 Hz, corresponding to nearly 105 shots, and has demonstrated long term energy stability of less than 1% RMS for continuous operation over 1 hour.
Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0318781