Compact 300-W diode-pumped oscillator with 500 kW pulse peak power and external frequency doubling

Author

Mehl, O. ; Bourderionnet, J. ; Brignon, A. ; Lallier, E. ; Boudjemaa, L. ; Simon-Boisson, C.

Author_Institution

Lab. Central de Recherches, Thomson-CSF, Orsay, France

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

421

Lastpage

422

Abstract

Summary form only given. Q-switched solid-state oscillators are attractive due to their compactness, stability and high efficiency. High average power frequency conversion of these systems is commonly performed intracavity. Owing to pulse peak powers up to 500 kW the developed system is suitable for external high average power frequency doubling. We present the Nd:YAG laser rod resonator design, and show CW and Q-switching operation. External frequency doubling is achieved using a Type II flux grown KTiOPO/sub 4/ crystal.

Keywords

Q-switching; crystal growth from melt; laser cavity resonators; laser stability; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; solid lasers; 300 W; 500 kW; CW lasing; KTiOPO/sub 4/; Nd:YAG rod lasers; Q-switch operation; Q-switched solid-state oscillators; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; external frequency doubling; external high average power frequency doubling; flux grown; high average power frequency conversion; high efficiency; pulse peak powers; stability; Diodes; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Optical amplifiers; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.947996

Filename

947996