Title :
0.5 J frequency stabilized diode pumped solid state laser for a next generation lidar system
Author :
Ostermeyer, Martin ; Kappe, Philip ; Wulfmeyer, Volker ; Menzel, Ralf
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Phys., Potsdam Univ., Germany
Abstract :
A pulsed diode pumped Nd:YAG rod-laser system has been frequency stabilized with a modified Pound-Drever-Hall scheme. It delivers 35 ns pulses in up to 0.5 J at 1064 nm with M/sup 2/=1.5 and 0.25 J at 532 nm at 100 Hz rep.-rate.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser frequency stability; neodymium; optical pumping; optical radar; remote sensing by laser beam; solid lasers; 0.25 J; 0.5 J; 100 Hz; 1064 nm; 35 ns; 532 nm; Pound-Drever-Hall scheme; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; frequency stabilized diode pumped solid state laser; lidar system; pulsed diode pumped Nd:YAG rod-laser system;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
