Title :
Stable generation of high-power subnanosecond laser pulses
Author :
Gagarsky, S. ; Gnatyuk, P. ; Inochkin, M. ; Fedin, K. ; Khloponin, L. ; Khramov, V.
Author_Institution :
Laser Technol. & Bio-Med. Opt., NRU ITMO, St. Petersburg, Russia
fDate :
June 30 2014-July 4 2014
Abstract :
A compact Nd:YAG laser with pulse energy more than 700mJ at 1064nm wavelength with individual spike duration less than 0.8ns was build. Supershort-term quasiperiodic Q-modulation of laser cavity was used for generation of stable subnanosecond pulses.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser stability; neodymium; optical modulation; optical pulse generation; solid lasers; YAG:Nd; compact Nd:YAG laser; high-power subnanosecond laser pulses; laser cavity; pulse energy; spike duration; stable generation; supershort-term quasiperiodic Q-modulation; wavelength 1064 nm; Electrooptical waveguides; Optical resonators; Q-switching; pulsed solid-state laser; stable subnanosecond pulses;
Conference_Titel :
Laser Optics, 2014 International Conference
Conference_Location :
Saint Petersburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3884-1
DOI :
10.1109/LO.2014.6886235
