DocumentCode
1371405
Title
High average power Q-switched second harmonic generation with diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser
Author
Lam, P.K. ; Freitag, I. ; Bode, M. ; Tünnermann, A. ; Welling, H.
Author_Institution
Laser Zentrum Hannover eV, Germany
Volume
34
Issue
7
fYear
1998
fDate
4/2/1998 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
666
Lastpage
668
Abstract
The authors report reliable single-pass second harmonic generation (SHG) of more than 400 mW of 532 nm average power from a compact, all-solid state non-planar ring Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. A maximum single-pass efficiency of 65% is observed. The second harmonic output is a single-frequency mode and has diffraction limited beam quality
Keywords
Q-switching; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; ring lasers; solid lasers; 400 mW; 532 nm; 65 percent; Q-switched second harmonic generation; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; diffraction limited beam quality; nonplanar ring laser; single-frequency mode; single-pass efficiency;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19980516
Filename
673788
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