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. 2014 Nov 4;4:6889. doi: 10.1038/srep06889

Table 1. Comparison between the Q-switched Nd:YAG pumped Raman laser and the MOPA pumped Raman laser.

  MOPA pumped Q-switched Nd:YAG pumped
Repetition rate 2000 Hz 10 Hz
Pulse-to-pulse variation 3.3% 12%
Beam quality (m2 factor) 1.6 11
Conversion efficiency 32% 34.8%
Maximum pulse energy 2 mJ 105 mJ
Pulse duration 2–100 ns (tunable) 5 ns (fixed)