Soler Rus, Miguel OdínCabrera Granado, EduardoGuerra Pérez, José Manuel2023-06-192023-06-192013-07-021050-294710.1103/PhysRevA.88.015801https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/35414© 2013 American Physical Society.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.engVacuum suppression of acousto-optic self-modulation in a broad-area Nd-doped yttrium-aluminum-garnet single-shot laserjournal articlehttps://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.88.015801open access535.374Single-shot laserLaser deviceAcoustic-optic modulationRadial waveVacuum conditionsFísica del estado sólidoÓptica (Física)2211 Física del Estado Sólido2209.19 Óptica Física