SCALABLE DIODE-END-PUMPING TECHNOLOGY APPLIED TO A 100-MJ Q-SWITCHED ND(3-YLF LASER-OSCILLATOR())

Authors
BEACH R REICHERT P BENETT W FREITAS B MITCHELL S VELSKO A DAVIN J SOLARZ R
Citation
R. Beach et al., SCALABLE DIODE-END-PUMPING TECHNOLOGY APPLIED TO A 100-MJ Q-SWITCHED ND(3-YLF LASER-OSCILLATOR()), Optics letters, 18(16), 1993, pp. 1326-1328
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
18
Issue
16
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1326 - 1328
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1993)18:16<1326:SDTATA>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A compact diode-end-pumped Nd3+:YLF laser oscillator capable of delive ring 100 mJ of energy in a 4-ns pulse is demonstrated. A scalable pump architecture is used in which the output from a cylindrical-microlens conditioned-diode array is delivered to the laser rod via a lens duct . As a pump technology, this architecture may permit new applications for diode lasers that were previously not possible.