Title :
Power scaling of diode-pumped 2 micron lasers
Author :
Bowman, S.R. ; Lynn, J.G. ; Searles, S.K. ; Feldman, B.J. ; McMahon, J. ; Whitney, W. ; Marquardt, C. ; Epp, D. ; Quarles, G.J. ; Riley, Kevin J.
Author_Institution :
Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We have investigated high peak and average power operation of 2 μm lasers as a pump source for parametric frequency conversion. Our goal is to produce a compact, reliable and tunable source of mid-IR radiation. A Tm,Ho:YAG Q-switched laser resonator system was developed to provide this pump source
Keywords :
Q-switching; holmium; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; reliability; solid lasers; thulium; 2 mum; Tm,Ho:YAG Q-switched laser resonator system; YAG:Tm,Ho; YAl5O12:Tm,Ho; compact reliable tunable IR source; diode-pumped 2 micron lasers; high average power; high peak power; mid-IR radiation; parametric frequency conversion; power scaling; pump source; Diodes; Frequency conversion; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1263-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1993.379378
