Abstract
A compact-footprint () flash-lamp-pumped, burst-mode Nd:YAG-based master-oscillator pulsed-amplifier laser is reported with a fundamental 1064 nm output of over 14 J per burst. A directly modulated diode laser seed source is used to generate 10 ms duration arbitrary sequences of 500 kHz doublet or MHz singlet pulses for flow-field velocity or species measurements, respectively. Flexible pulse widths are used to balance the energy distribution of pulse doublets and achieve second-harmonic conversion efficiencies up to 42%. Burst-mode laser performance characteristics, measurement accuracies in turbulent flows, and prospects for kHz–MHz flow-field diagnostics are discussed.
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