100 W AVERAGE POWER AT 0.53 MU-M BY EXTERNAL FREQUENCY-CONVERSION OF AN ELECTROOPTICALLY Q-SWITCHED DIODE-PUMPED POWER OSCILLATOR

Authors
VELSKO SP EBBERS CA COMASKEY B ALBRECHT GF MITCHELL SC
Citation
Sp. Velsko et al., 100 W AVERAGE POWER AT 0.53 MU-M BY EXTERNAL FREQUENCY-CONVERSION OF AN ELECTROOPTICALLY Q-SWITCHED DIODE-PUMPED POWER OSCILLATOR, Applied physics letters, 64(23), 1994, pp. 3086-3088
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied
Journal title
Applied physics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036951
Volume
64
Issue
23
Year of publication
1994
Pages
3086 - 3088
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6951(1994)64:23<3086:1WAPA0>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
We have generated approximately 100 W of frequency doubled light from the output of an electro-optically Q-switched diode-pumped Nd:YAG slab laser oscillator operating at an average power of 200 W (2.5 kHz repe tition rate, 80 mJ/pulse, 30 ns pulsewidth). The Q-switch was a compen sated z-axis propagation LiNbO3 electro-optic modulator, and the frequ ency conversion crystal was a thin slab of KTP. In addition, Q-switche d operation at an average power of approximately 250 W with 26 ns puls ewidths has been demonstrated.