• DocumentCode
    1150941
  • Title

    Performance of a diode-pumped high PRF Tm, Ho:YLF laser

  • Author

    Budni, P.A. ; Knights, M.G. ; Chicklis, E.P. ; Jenssen, H.P.

  • Author_Institution
    Lockheed Sanders Inc., Nashua, NH, USA
  • Volume
    28
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1992
  • fDate
    4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1029
  • Lastpage
    1032
  • Abstract
    The authors report a diode-pumped Q-switched Tm, Ho:YLF TEM00 oscillator emitting 1.75 W average (1.75 mJ) and 175 kW of peak power at 2 μm Q-switched at 1 KHz, operating at 77 K. Stable Q-switched performance from 1 to 90 KHz is also reported
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; holmium; lithium compounds; optical pumping; solid lasers; thulium; yttrium compounds; 1 to 90 kHz; 1.75 W; 175 kW; 2 micron; 77 K; LiYF4:Tm,Ho; YLF:Tm,Ho; diode pumped Q-switched Tm,Ho:YLF laser; peak power; Diodes; Erbium; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser transitions; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Quantum cascade lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9197
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/3.135224
  • Filename
    135224
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1150941