Multipulse operation of a high average power, good beam quality zig-zag dye laser

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作者
Mandl, A
Klimek, DE
机构
[1] Textron Defense Systems, Everett, MA 02149
[2] City College of New York, New York, NY
[3] New York University, New York, NY
[4] National Bureau of Standards, Washington, BC
[5] Textron Systems Division, Everett, MA
[6] American Physical Society, SPIE
[7] State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY
[8] University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
[9] University of Toronto, Ont.
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10.1109/3.485386
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A laser pumped zig-zag dye laser operating at 568 nm with a pulse length similar to 2 mu s has been scaled to high power using a MOPA configuration. Pulse energies in excess of 7 J with beam quality <2 XDL have been achieved under repetitively pulsed, 10 Hz operation. RMS jitter was measured as 0.12 of a 1 XDL spot. The device has operated with over 70 W output for runs up to 5 s. Substantially longer run times and output powers are possible. This device represents an advance in dye laser capabilities. Improvement in pointing accuracy of better than an order of magnitude have been demonstrated. In addition, an improvement in beam quality by about an order of magnitude has been achieved compared to other dye lasers operating in this power range.
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页码:378 / 382
页数:5
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