ANALYSIS OF AN INTRACAVITY-DOUBLED DIODE-PUMPED Q-SWITCHED ND-YAG LASER PRODUCING MORE THAN 100 W OF POWER AT 0.532 MU-M

Authors
HONEA EC EBBERS CA BEACH RJ SPETH JA SKIDMORE JA EMANUEL MA PAYNE SA
Citation
Ec. Honea et al., ANALYSIS OF AN INTRACAVITY-DOUBLED DIODE-PUMPED Q-SWITCHED ND-YAG LASER PRODUCING MORE THAN 100 W OF POWER AT 0.532 MU-M, Optics letters, 23(15), 1998, pp. 1203-1205
Citations number
25
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
23
Issue
15
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1203 - 1205
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1998)23:15<1203:AOAIDQ>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
A diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser was frequency doubled to 0.532 mu m with a n intracavity KTiOPO4 crystal in a V-cavity arrangement, achieving an output power of 140 W. Acousto-optic Q switching was employed at repet ition rates of 10-30 kHz, and the beam quality was assessed at M-2 app roximate to 50. It was deduced on the basis of our model that the stre ngth of the nonlinear frequency conversion is the main parameter deter mining the pulse width. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.