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Abstract A high-beam-quality and high-energy long-pulse laser has been developed with VRM(variable reflectivity mirror)coupling and spherical aberration compensation. The thermal lens and the thermal birefringence are compensated for by the 10 mm DL rod side-pumped laser module. The output mirror employs VRM coupling with R=35% in the center, which presents a energy of 1.04 J at a pulse width of 195 μs and a repetition rate of 400 Hz with a beam quality of M2≈8.4. The spherical aberration compensation improves the beam quality M2 factor to 2.15; the power stability (RMS) is 0.4% at 5 min, and the optical-optical efficiency is 19.7%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A novel laser-coupling structure is introduced, in which the same transmission grating is simultaneously employed by two spectral beams generated in identical resonant cavities. The novel structure doubles the number of coupled laser emitters and the output power. Eight 800-nm diode laser bars were coupled and combined with polarization multiplexing, achieving a continuous wavelength power of 212 W, a broad spectrum of 19.1 nm, an M2 (times diffraction limited factor) beam quality of 2.2×16.7 and a brightness of 236MW/cm2/sr. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]