• DocumentCode
    3519848
  • Title

    Frequency-doubled 0.946-/spl mu/m Nd:YAG laser

  • Author

    Barnes, N.P. ; Walsh, B.M.

  • Author_Institution
    NASA Langley Res. Center, Hampton, VA, USA
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    3-8 May 1998
  • Firstpage
    136
  • Lastpage
    137
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. An efficient, flashlamp-pumped, room temperature, 0.946-/spl mu/m Nd:YAG laser was Q-switched using an acousto-optic modulator and frequency-doubled in a tandem set of BaB/sub 2/O/sub 4/ crystals to produce 3.5 mJ.
  • Keywords
    acousto-optical modulation; flash lamps; infrared sources; laser transitions; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; 0.946 mum; 0.946-/spl mu/m Nd:YAG laser; 3.5 mJ; BaB/sub 2/O/sub 4/; BaB/sub 2/O/sub 4/ crystals; Q-switched; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; acousto-optic modulator; flashlamp-pumped; frequency-doubled; frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser; room temperature; solid lasers; tandem set; Frequency; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Microchip lasers; Mirrors; Optical coupling; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-339-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.1998.675965
  • Filename
    675965