High-brightness CuBr MOPA laser with diffraction-limited throughout-pulse emission

Author

Astadjov, Dimo N. ; Stoychev, Lyubomir I. ; Dixit, Sudhir K. ; Nakhe, Shankar V. ; Sabotinov, Nikola V.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Solid State Phys., Bulgarian Acad. of Sci., Sofia, Bulgaria

Volume

41

Issue

8

fYear

2005

Firstpage

1097

Lastpage

1101

Abstract

CuBr master oscillator-power amplifier (MOPA) laser system fitted with a generalized diffraction filtered resonator (GDFR) is reported to produce high-quality beam of throughout-pulse diffraction-limited laser emission at the repetition rate of ∼19 kHz. The comparison with typical (stable and unstable) resonator configurations for CuBr lasers has featured out its high brightness accompanied by a very low beam divergence permanent within laser pulse. This intrinsic characteristic of GDFR-MOPA laser radiation makes it a perfect light source for fine laser applications.

Keywords

brightness; copper compounds; gas lasers; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; light diffraction; optical parametric amplifiers; 19 kHz; CuBr; CuBr laser; MOPA laser; beam divergence; diffraction filtered resonator; diffraction-limited emission; high-brightness laser; laser applications; laser emission; laser radiation; light source; master oscillator-power amplifier; throughput-pulse emission; Brightness; Diffraction; Laser beams; Laser stability; Optical amplifiers; Optical resonators; Oscillators; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Resonator filters; Gas lasers; laser amplifiers; laser beam focusing; laser beams; laser resonators;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.2005.850701

Filename

1463274