Compact fiber laser for 589 nm laser guide star generation

Author

Pennington, D.M. ; Dawson, J.W. ; Drobshoff, A. ; Payne, S. ; Bonaccini, D. ; Hackenberg, W. ; Taylor, L.

Author_Institution

Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA

fYear

2005

fDate

17-17 June 2005

Firstpage

532

Lastpage

532

Abstract

In this paper, we developed an all-fiber laser system for generating a 589 nm source for laser-guided adaptive optics. The design is based on sum-frequency mixing two fiber lasers in a nonlinear material to produce a CW output at the desired wavelength. Combining an Er/Yb:doped fiber laser operating at 1583 nm with a 938 nm Nd:silica fiber laser, one can generate 589 nm via sum-frequency mixing in a periodically poled crystal. The integrated system design and performance is presented

Keywords

adaptive optics; artificial guide stars; erbium; fibre lasers; neodymium; optical frequency conversion; optical materials; silicon compounds; ytterbium; 1583 nm; 589 nm; 938 nm; CW output; SiO₂:Nd; all-fiber laser; integrated system design; laser guide star generation; laser-guided adaptive optics; nonlinear material; periodically poled crystal; sum-frequency mixing; Adaptive optics; Diodes; Fiber lasers; Laboratories; Laser modes; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Optical fiber devices; Power lasers; Resonance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8974-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568310

Filename

1568310