• DocumentCode
    1792704
  • Title

    Ultra compact eye-safe laser for rangefinding

  • Author

    Vitkin, Vladimir V. ; Polyakov, Vladimir M. ; Kharitonov, Artem A. ; Buchenkov, V.A.

  • Author_Institution
    Int. Lab. of Laser Technol., NRU, St. Petersburg, Russia
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    June 30 2014-July 4 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate an eye-safe diode pumped ultra compact Yb:Er:glass laser with 3 mJ pulse energy in free running mode with repetition rate 1 Hz. We investigate phototropic gates for Yb:Er:glass lasers. The developing laser operates in a wide temperature range.
  • Keywords
    erbium; laser modes; laser ranging; optical pumping; semiconductor lasers; solid lasers; ytterbium; diode pumped ultra compact Yb:Er:glass laser; energy 3 mJ; free running mode; phototropic gates; pulse energy; rangefinding; repetition rate; ultra compact eye-safe laser; Laser modes; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Yb:Er:glass; compact laser; eye-safe laser; glass-ceramics; passive Q-switches; rangefinding;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Laser Optics, 2014 International Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Saint Petersburg
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-3884-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LO.2014.6886234
  • Filename
    6886234