DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTRACAVITY-SUMMED MULTIPLE-WAVELENGTH ND-YAG LASERFOR A RUGGED, SOLID-STATE SODIUM LIDAR SYSTEM

Authors
FARLEY RW DAO PD
Citation
Rw. Farley et Pd. Dao, DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTRACAVITY-SUMMED MULTIPLE-WAVELENGTH ND-YAG LASERFOR A RUGGED, SOLID-STATE SODIUM LIDAR SYSTEM, Applied optics, 34(21), 1995, pp. 4269-4273
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
34
Issue
21
Year of publication
1995
Pages
4269 - 4273
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1995)34:21<4269:DOAIMN>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A single-cavity solid-state laser that is resonant with sodium D-2 abs orption is reported. Simultaneous 1.06- and 1.32-mu m emission from a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser is summed with an intracavity type II KTP crys tal. A single-intracavity etalon is sufficient to provide a time-avera ged linewidth of 1.7 GHz at 589 nm.