%0 Journal Article
%A Soler Rus, Miguel Odín
%A Cabrera Granado, Eduardo
%A Guerra Pérez, José Manuel
%T Vacuum suppression of acousto-optic self-modulation in a broad-area Nd-doped yttrium-aluminum-garnet single-shot laser
%D 2013
%@ 1050-2947
%U https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/35414
%X We report on the origin of an acousto-optic Raman-Nath self-modulation found in a broad-area Nd:YAG single-shot laser. Operating the laser device under vacuum conditions suppresses the spectral splitting associated with acousto-optic modulation by the shock waves produced by the discharge of the pumping flash lamps. This splitting is reproduced by a general class B laser model that takes into account the dynamical density grating generated by a stationary acoustic radial wave.
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