Title :
Robust eye-safe compact laser
Author :
Polyakov, Vladimir M. ; Vitkin, Vladimir V. ; Buchenkov, V.A. ; Rodionov, Andrey U.
Author_Institution :
Int. Lab. of Laser Technol., NRU ITMO, St. Petersburg, Russia
fDate :
June 30 2014-July 4 2014
Abstract :
A compact eye-safe laser for atmosphere lidar was developed. The device is Nd:YLF laser with KTP OPO, wavelength is 1,54 um, repetition rate is 50 Hz and Q-switched pulse energy is 8 mJ. The laser rod and laser diodes are conductive cooled. The device has run tests with 5×105 shots without parameter decrease.
Keywords :
Q-switching; atmospheric optics; lithium compounds; neodymium; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; optical radar; optical testing; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; KTP; KTP OPO; Q-switched pulse energy; YLF:Nd; atmosphere lidar; energy 8 mJ; eye-safe compact laser; laser diodes; laser rod; neodymium:yttrium lithium fluoride laser; optical testing; Electrooptical waveguides; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Mirrors; Pump lasers; Eye-safe laser; Nd:YLF laser; OPO; optical parametric oscillator;
Conference_Titel :
Laser Optics, 2014 International Conference
Conference_Location :
Saint Petersburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-3884-1
DOI :
10.1109/LO.2014.6886260
