DocumentCode
1676501
Title
Resonantly pumped, Q-switched Nd:YLF laser
Author
Pati, Bhabana ; Rines, Glen A.
Author_Institution
Q-Peak, Inc., Bedford, MA, USA
fYear
2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We developed a compact, efficient Nd:YLF laser that produced 25-mJ of energy in a 8-ns pulse at 20 Hz. By resonantly pumping at 863 nm, 10% improvement in the slope efficiency was obtained.
Keywords
Q-switching; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; 8-ns pulse; Q-switched Nd:YLF laser; energy 25 mJ; frequency 20 Hz; resonantly pumped laser; slope efficiency; time 8 ns; wavelength 863 nm; Absorption; Crystals; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Photonics; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1839-6
Type
conf
Filename
6326521
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