Title :
1 MW peak-, 20 W average-power, sub-nanosecond pulse amplifier
Author :
Young, York E. ; Snell, Kevin J. ; McCarthy, John C. ; Francis, Michael W. ; Day, Randy C. ; Grasso, Robert J. ; Chicklis, E.P.
Author_Institution :
BAE Syst., Information & Electron. Warfare Syst., Nashua, NH
Abstract :
We describe the amplification of sub-nanosecond pulses with peak powers reaching 1 MW using a three-pass diode laser pumped Nd:YVO4 amplifier seeded with the output of a passively Q-switched 1 micron microchip laser
Keywords :
Q-switching; high-speed optical techniques; microchip lasers; neodymium; optical pumping; 1 MW; 1 micron; 20 W; YVO4:Nd; passively Q-switched microchip laser; subnanosecond pulse amplifier; three-pass diode laser pumped Nd:YVO4 amplifier;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
