Title :
Short pulse eyesafe solid state Raman laser
Author :
Tucker, J.P. ; Oien, A.M.L. ; Bennett, G.T.
Author_Institution :
Coherent Technol., Inc., Louisville, CO, USA
Abstract :
We present results of a solid state Raman laser that is transversely pumped by a Nd:YAG laser. A novel resonator configuration allows active compression of the Nd:YAG pump pulse into a short pulse, eyesafe output.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; high-speed optical techniques; laser cavity resonators; neodymium; optical pulse compression; optical pumping; solid lasers; Nd:YAG laser; Nd:YAG pump pulse; Raman laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; eyesafe laser; pump pulse compression; resonator configuration; short pulse laser; solid state laser; transversely pumped laser;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
