Patent ID: 9722392
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: H01S

Claim:
1. A high-energy, sub-nanosecond laser system comprising: an amplifier; a seed laser constructed and arranged to output pulsed laser light towards the amplifier, with the amplifier being constructed and arranged to amplify the pulsed laser light received from the seed laser; and a pump laser constructed and arranged to pump simultaneously both the seed laser and the amplifier; wherein the pump laser is a solid state laser pumped by at least one flash lamp and wherein the pump laser emits laser pulses with energies greater than 1J and durations shorter than 0.5 msec; and wherein the amplifier is constructed and arranged to generate output laser pulses of 0.1 J to 5 J and pulse duration of 10 psec to 900 psec.