Title :
Laser diode pumped Nd:YAG laser operating at an eye-safe wavelength of 1.443 μm
Author :
Kubecek, V. ; Couderc, V. ; Barthelemy, A. ; Louradour, E.
Author_Institution :
Fac. des Sci, Inst. de Recherche en Commun. Opt. et Microondes, Limoges
fDate :
12/8/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The first operation of a CW diode pumped Nd:YAG laser in the 1.44 μm spectral region is reported. The measured oscillating wavelength and linewidth were 1.4432 μm and ~0.4 nm, respectively. Q-switching of the laser was also performed and 600 ns, 8 μJ pulses were obtained at 1.8 kHz repetition rate
Keywords :
Q-switching; neodymium; optical pumping; reflectivity; solid lasers; spectral line breadth; 1.44 μm spectral region; 1.443 mum; 600 ns; 8 muJ; CW diode pumped Nd:YAG laser; Q-switching; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; eye-safe wavelength; laser diode pumped Nd:YAG laser; linewidth; measured oscillating wavelength; repetition rate;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19941444
