Diode-pumped Nd:YLF master oscillator for the 30-kJ (UV), 60-beam OMEGA laser facility

Author

Okishev, Andrey V. ; Seka, Wolf

Author_Institution

Lab. for Laser Energetics, Rochester Univ., NY, USA

Volume

3

Issue

1

fYear

1997

fDate

2/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

59

Lastpage

63

Abstract

The operational conditions of the OMEGA laser system require an extremely reliable and low-maintenance master oscillator. We have developed a diode-pumped, single-frequency, pulsed Nd:YLF laser for this application. The laser generates Q-switched pulses of ~160-ns duration and ~10-μJ energy content at the 1053-nm wavelength with low amplitude fluctuation, (<0.6% rms) and low temporal (build-up time) jitter (<7-ns rms). Amplitude and frequency feedback stabilization systems have been used for high long-term amplitude and frequency stability

Keywords

Q-switching; high-speed optical techniques; jitter; laser beams; laser frequency stability; laser reliability; laser transitions; lithium compounds; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; 10 muJ; 160 ns; 30 kJ; 60-beam OMEGA laser facility; 7 ns; LiYF4:Nd; OMEGA laser system; Q-switched pulses; YLF:Nd; amplitude feedback stabilization systems; diode-pumped Nd:YLF master oscillator; diode-pumped single-frequency pulsed Nd:YLF laser; energy content; frequency feedback stabilization systems; high long-term amplitude; laser frequency stability; low amplitude fluctuation; low temporal build-up time jitter; low-maintenance master oscillator; ns duration; reliable master oscillator; Diodes; Fluctuations; Frequency; Jitter; Laser applications; Laser feedback; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Stability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1077-260X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2944.585815

Filename

585815