• DocumentCode
    948022
  • Title

    A Ti:Al2O3 master-oscillator/power-amplifier system

  • Author

    Wall, K.F. ; Schulz, Peter A. ; Aggarwal, R.L. ; Lacovara, P. ; Sanchez, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    6
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    6/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1505
  • Lastpage
    1514
  • Abstract
    The authors have constructed a multistage Ti:Al2O3 master-oscillator/power-amplifier system which generates 115-ns, 0.38-J pulses at 800 nm. The system is tunable from 760 to 825 nm and has a repetition rate of 10 Hz. Measurements of the output pulse demonstrate near-diffraction-limited performance and a Fourier-transform-limited bandwidth of ~4 MHz
  • Keywords
    alumina; laser tuning; solid lasers; titanium; 0.38 J; 115 ns; 4 MHz; 760 to 825 nm; 800 nm; Al2O3:Ti; Fourier-transform-limited bandwidth; IR; Ti:Al2O3 master-oscillator/power-amplifier system; multistage laser amplifier; near-diffraction-limited performance; output pulse; repetition rate; tunable lasers; Frequency; Laser excitation; Laser radar; Neodymium; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulse generation; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/3.234401
  • Filename
    234401