• DocumentCode
    2232167
  • Title

    Gain & thermal distorsion investigation on the Yb:YAG diode pumped LUCIA oscillator

  • Author

    Bahbah, S. ; Albach, D. ; Chanteloup, J.-C. ; Hollander, Ph ; Vincent, B.

  • Author_Institution
    LULI, UPMC, Palaiseau
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We present the latest investigations performed on the LUCIA Yb:YAG diode pumped oscillator (260 mJ, 49 ns, 2 Hz). Thermal distortions as well gain measurements have been explored.
  • Keywords
    Q-switching; distortion measurement; gain measurement; laser beams; laser variables measurement; optical pumping; solid lasers; thermal lensing; ytterbium; Q-switch regime; YAG:Yb; diode pumped Lucia oscillator; diode pumped solid state lasers; energy 260 mJ; gain measurements; pulse durations; thermal distorsion; time 49 ns; Diodes; Laser excitation; Laser fusion; Laser noise; Laser theory; Optical distortion; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; (140.0140) Lasers and laser optics; (160.3380) Lasers materials;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4571289