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Compact 200 W level linearly polarized microsecond-pulse Nd:YAG oscillator with nearly diffraction-limited beam quality

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A compact 200 W level diode-side-pumped microsecond (µs) pulse linearly polarized rod Nd:YAG laser oscillator was demonstrated with nearly diffraction-limited beam quality. The oscillator was based on a thermally near-unstable cavity design with two concave lenses in the cavity to enlarge the volume of the fundamental mode, leading to improvement of the laser efficiency and beam quality. Consequently, a record-high average power of 222 W was obtained at a repetition rate of 400 Hz with a 180 µs pulse width, corresponding to an optical-to-optical (o-o) conversion efficiency of 37%. The average beam quality factor was measured to be ${M^2} = {1.32}$, resulting in a brightness value as high as of ${11.25}\;{\rm{GW/sr}} \cdot {\rm{cm}}^2$. To the best of our knowledge, this represented the highest average power, the highest o-o efficiency, and the highest brightness for a µs pulse 1064 nm rod Nd:YAG laser oscillator.

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