Diode-pumped one Joule per Q-switched pulse 2μm laser

Author

Yu, Jirong ; Chen, Songsheng ; Petros, Mulugeta ; Bai, Yingxin ; Petzar, Pual ; Trieu, Bo C. ; Singh, Upendra N. ; Kavaya, Michael J.

Author_Institution

NASA Langley Res. Center, Hampton, VA

fYear

2006

fDate

21-26 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

This paper discusses the significant advancements in the 2-micron laser development. A world record one-Joule-per-pulse energy laser system and an advanced thermal management with fully conductive cooled laser technique are discussed.

Keywords

Q-switching; holmium; lithium compounds; lutetium compounds; micro-optics; optical parametric amplifiers; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; solid lasers; thulium; LuLiF₄:Tm,Ho; Q-switched pulse laser; advanced thermal management; diode pumping; fully conductive cooled laser technique; master oscillator power amplifier system; micron laser; one-Joule-per-pulse energy laser system; wavelength 2 mum; Diodes; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical ring resonators; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays; Solid lasers; (140.3480) Lasers, diode-pumped; (140.3580) Laser, solid state;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-813-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2006.4627986

Filename

4627986