PERFORMANCE OF DIODE-PUMPED ND-YAG AND ND-YLF LASERS IN A TIGHTLY FOLDED RESONATOR CONFIGURATION

被引:41
作者
BAER, TM
HEAD, DF
GOODING, P
KINTZ, GJ
HUTCHISON, S
机构
[1] Spectra-Physics Laser Diode Systems, Mountain, View
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10.1109/3.135237
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We describe the performance of diode bar pumped Nd:YAG and Nd:YLF lasers in a novel tightly folded resonator configuration. For Nd:YLF at a pump level of 9.2 W we observe a TEM00 output power of 3.1 W with a slope efficiency of 47%. In q-switched operation we obtain a pulse energy of 0.7 mJ and a pulsewidth of 5 ns. The same resonator design configured to operate as an optical amplifier provides small-signal gain of 28 dB and average output powers of greater than 1 W.
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页数:8
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