A highly efficient diode-pumped frequency-converted picosecond UV laser

Author

Tiour, L. ; Pasmanik, G. ; Shilov, A. ; Shklovsky, E. ; Dudelzak, A.

Author_Institution

Passat Ltd., Toronto, Ont., Canada

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Firstpage

89

Abstract

Summary from only given. This work describes an approach to designing diode pumped pulsed lasers that meet requirements of several applications in both the IR and UV ranges using nonlinear Raman and frequency conversion. To generate the 305.7 nm line, we used a master oscillator (MO)-power amplifier (PA) scheme at the fundamental wavelength of a Nd:YAlO/sub 3/ laser. The MO was Q-switched with a Cr:YAG saturable absorber and longitudinally pumped with a single quasi-CW diode bar.

Keywords

Q-switching; neodymium; optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; optical saturable absorption; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; 305.7 nm; Cr:YAG saturable absorber; IR ranges; Nd:YAlO/sub 3/ laser; Q-switched; UV ranges; YAG:Cr; YAl5O12:Cr; YAlO/sub 3/:Nd; diode pumped pulsed lasers; frequency conversion; fundamental wavelength; longitudinally pumped; nonlinear Raman conversion; single quasi-CW diode bar; Crystals; Diodes; Frequency; Lasers and electrooptics; Optical pulses; Power generation; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Pump lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033471

Filename

1033471