Picosecond Nd:YAG amplifier APL 2106 series
Picosecond Nd:YAG amplifier offers high up to 1.3 J at 1064 nm ( in 90 ps pulse duration) peak power at 10 Hz repetition rate. By using of various configurations, laser system allows pulse output energy scaling up to 5 J at 1064 nm.
Features
- Pulse energy up to 1.3 J at 1064 nm
- Pulse energy scaling up to 5 J output energy
- Advanced beam shaping for “hat top” beam profile
- Efficient second harmonics generator
- Internal/external triggering modes
- Optional seeding by femtosecond Ti:S laser
Extremely high peak power commercial laser works at 10 Hz repetition rate and delivers 1.3 J at 1064 nm (0.6 J at 532 nm) in 90 ps pulse. Laser system allows pulse output energy scaling up to 5 J at 1064 nm (2.4 J at 532 nm).
Possible seed laser configurations
Amplifier can be seeded with various picosecond laser sources, for example mode-locked oscillator, emitting pulses of few nanojoules at high repetition rate. Pulse duration can be in 30 - 90 ps range. Femtosecond mode-locked oscillator also can be used as seed source, allowing precise synchronisation of two laser sources.
Amplifier configuration
- Flashlamp pumped Nd:YAG regenerative amplifier delivering pulse with energy in 100 μJ – 1 mJ range
- Two-pass amplifier stage featuring amplification of more than two orders of magnitude
- Optional amplifier stage for system scaling purpose
- Preamplifier stage with beam shaping optics
- Power amplifier
- Second (or higher) harmonic generator and harmonic separator