Title :
High average power third harmonic Nd:YLF laser
Author :
Donskoy, D. ; Yusong Yin
Author_Institution :
Ind. Int. Inc., Stony Brook, NY, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. In this paper we report the development of a high average power solid state laser capable of producing over 17 W (TEMoo) of output power at 351 nm. Intracavity third harmonic generation technology was used in the high power dual head Nd:YLF laser to produce stable UV output in a nearly diffraction-limited beam. The CW output from this laser at 1053 nm wavelength was >50 W. The laser was then acousto-optically Q switched, which provided pulsed output at repetition rates of 0-10 kHz, with pulse width /spl sim/150 ns at 1 kHz. Maximum energy per pulse achieved at repetition rates <1 kHz was 22.4 mJ.
Keywords :
Q-switching; laser frequency stability; light sources; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; solid lasers; 0 to 10 kHz; 150 ns; 17 W; 22.4 mJ; 351 nm; CW output; LiYF4:Nd; YLF:Nd; acousto-optical Q switching; high average power; high average power third harmonic Nd:YLF laser; high power dual head Nd:YLF laser; intracavity third harmonic generation technology; maximum energy per pulse; nearly diffraction-limited beam; output power; pulse width; pulsed output; repetition rate; solid state laser; stable UV output; Diffraction; Frequency conversion; Laser stability; Magnetic heads; Optical pulses; Power generation; Power lasers; Power system harmonics; Solid lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-595-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1999.833922
