A PULSE TRANSMISSION MODE Q-SWITCHED ND-YLF LASER-PUMPED BY CYLINDRICAL MICROLENS-COLLIMATED DIODE BARS

被引:14
作者
SELKER, MD
AFZAL, RS
REICHERT, P
机构
[1] NASA,GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CTR,EXPTL INSTRUMENTAT BRANCH,GREENBELT,MD 20771
[2] LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATL LAB,LIVERMORE,CA 94550
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D O I
10.1109/3.299493
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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 Q-switched cavity-dumped single-transverse-mode Nd:YLF laser pumped by two 60-W quasi-CW diode bars collimated using cylindrical microlens technology produced 4-mJ, 4.5-ns pulses. The pump geometry employed has many of the advantages of longitudinal pumping yet allows the use of high-power quasi-CW bars while requiring only 1 optical element.
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页码:1616 / 1622
页数:7
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