Title :
High power, pulsed flash-lamp pumped erbium laser designed for medical applications
Author :
Swiderski, Jacek ; Skorczakowski, Marek ; Zajac, Andrzej
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Optoelectron., Mil. Univ. of Technol., Warsaw
Abstract :
A record 2,4 MW peak power, actively Q-switched Er:YAG laser is presented. For 10 Hz repetition rate 21 mJ, 86 ns pulses at the wavelength of 2940 nm were achieved. The beam divergence was 2,3 mrad.
Keywords :
Q-switching; erbium; high-speed optical techniques; optical pumping; solid lasers; YAG:Er; actively Q-switched laser; beam divergence; energy 21 mJ; flash-lamp pumped erbium laser; frequency 10 Hz; high power pulsed laser; medical applications; time 86 ns; wavelength 2940 nm; Biomedical equipment; Erbium; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Medical services; Optical design; Optical pulses; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Thermal lensing; (140.3500) Lasers, erbium; (140.3540) Lasers, Q-switched;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
