• DocumentCode
    3725828
  • Title

    Diode-pumped alexandrite laser — A new prospect for remote sensing

  • Author

    Michael Damzen;Gabrielle Thomas;Achaya Teppitaksak;Emma Arbabzadah;William Kerridge-Johns;Ara Minassian

  • Author_Institution
    Photonics Group, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Tunable-wavelength diode-pumped Alexandrite laser operation includes highest power > 26W (end-pumped rod); > 12W (side-pumped slab); and first Q-switched operation with pulse energy ~ 1mJ at kHz repetition rate, as development for space lidar application.
  • Keywords
    "Laser excitation","Power generation","Slabs","Optical fibers","Cavity resonators","Geometry","Absorption"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2015 11th Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOPR.2015.7375818
  • Filename
    7375818
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3725828