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

Paul Mason; Martin Divoký; Thomas Butcher; Jan Pilař; Klaus Ertel; Martin Hanuš; Mariastefania De Vido; Saumyabrata Banerjee; Jonathan Phillips; Jodie Smith; Ian Hollingham; Mihai-George Muresan; Brian Landowski; Jorge Suarez-Merchan; Adrian Thomas; Mark Dominey; Luke Benson; Andrew Lintern; Billy Costello; Stephanie Tomlinson; Steve Blake; Mike Tyldesley; Antonio Lucianetti; Cristina Hernandez-Gomez; Chris Edwards; Tomas Mocek; John Collier

doi:10.1117/12.2270399

11 May 2017 Commissioning of a kW-class nanosecond pulsed DPSSL operating at 105 J, 10 Hz

Paul Mason, Martin Divoký, Thomas Butcher, Jan Pilař, Klaus Ertel, Martin Hanuš, Mariastefania De Vido, Saumyabrata Banerjee, Jonathan Phillips, Jodie Smith, Ian Hollingham, Mihai-George Muresan, Brian Landowski, Jorge Suarez-Merchan, Adrian Thomas, Mark Dominey, Luke Benson, Andrew Lintern, Billy Costello, Stephanie Tomlinson, Steve Blake, Mike Tyldesley, Antonio Lucianetti, Cristina Hernandez-Gomez, Chris Edwards, Tomas Mocek, John Collier

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Proceedings Volume 10238, High-Power, High-Energy, and High-Intensity Laser Technology III; 102380H (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2270399
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2017, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

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. This confirms the power scalability of multislab cryogenic gas-cooled amplifier technology and demonstrates its potential as a laser driver for next generation scientific, industrial, and medical applications.

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Paul Mason, Martin Divoký, Thomas Butcher, Jan Pilař, Klaus Ertel, Martin Hanuš, Mariastefania De Vido, Saumyabrata Banerjee, Jonathan Phillips, Jodie Smith, Ian Hollingham, Mihai-George Muresan, Brian Landowski, Jorge Suarez-Merchan, Adrian Thomas, Mark Dominey, Luke Benson, Andrew Lintern, Billy Costello, Stephanie Tomlinson, Steve Blake, Mike Tyldesley, Antonio Lucianetti, Cristina Hernandez-Gomez, Chris Edwards, Tomas Mocek, and John Collier "Commissioning of a kW-class nanosecond pulsed DPSSL operating at 105 J, 10 Hz", Proc. SPIE 10238, High-Power, High-Energy, and High-Intensity Laser Technology III, 102380H (11 May 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2270399

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