Title :
Laser operation at 1.3 μm of 2at.% doped crystalline Nd:YAG in a bounce geometry and second harmonic generation
Author :
Sautter, D. ; Minassian, A. ; Damzen, M.J.
Author_Institution :
Imperial Coll. London, London
Abstract :
This paper reports for the first time high power laser operation in Czochralski grown 2at.% doped crystalline Nd:YAG at 1.3 μm by use of the bounce amplifier geometry. The 1.3 μm fundamental output from the laser was frequency doubled externally in an LBO second harmonic crystal to generate red light. Three different second harmonic frequencies could be observed at 659 nm, 669 nm and 664 nm.
Keywords :
laser beams; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; solid lasers; Czochralski grown; Y3Al5O12:Nd; bounce amplifier geometry; high power laser operation; laser cavity; wavelength 1.3 mum; Crystallization; Frequency conversion; Geometrical optics; High power amplifiers; Laser beams; Operational amplifiers; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0930-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4385887
