Title :
Intensity stabilised Nd:YAG ring laser with 1.5 W single-frequency output power at 1.357 μm
Author :
Freitag, I. ; Tunnermann, Andreas ; Welling, H.
Author_Institution :
Laser Zentrum Hannover eV
fDate :
4/24/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors report 1.5 W single-frequency output power at 1.357 μm from a diode-pumped Nd:YAG ring laser. Suppression of the close neighbouring transitions at 1.319 and 1.338 μm is accomplished by a sophisticated optical coating deposited by the ion-beam-sputtering technique. High intensity stability is achieved by the application of an electronic feedback loop
Keywords :
laser feedback; laser frequency stability; neodymium; optical films; ring lasers; solid lasers; 1.357 micrometre; 1.5 W; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; close neighbouring transitions; electronic feedback loop; intensity stabilised ring laser; ion-beam-sputtering technique; optical coating; single-frequency output power; solid lasers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19970551