Title :
Repetitively pulsed Cr:LiSAF thin slab zig-zag oscillator
Author :
Mandl, A. ; Klimek, D.E.
Author_Institution :
Textron Syst., Wilmington, MA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We are developing a high energy per pulse, high power Cr:LiSrAlF/sub 6/ laser for future use as an illuminator as part of an unconventional imaging system. This device is required to produce three, 30-J beams with excellent beam quality (<1.5 XDL) operating at a wavelength that matches the Cs atomic filter line (852 nm) and with a bandwidth close to the atomic filter bandwidth of 2 GHz. The device is to operate at 5 Hz. A MOPA configuration will be employed with the output of the oscillator-preamplifier subsystems injecting three, multistage amplifier chains.
Keywords :
chromium; laser transitions; lithium compounds; solid lasers; 30 J; 852 nm; Cr:LiSAF; Cr:LiSrAlF/sub 6/ laser; Cs atomic filter line; LiSrAlF/sub 6/:Cr; MOPA configuration; atomic filter bandwidth; excellent beam quality; high energy; illuminator; multistage amplifier chains; oscillator-preamplifier subsystems; repetitively pulsed; thin slab zig-zag oscillator; unconventional imaging system; Oscillators; Slabs; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-634-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2000.906948
