Title :
100 mJ Q-switched, high efficiency, high brightness Nd:YAG oscillator: Wavefront analysis
Author :
Poulios, Demetrios ; Stysley, Paul R. ; Kay, Richard B. ; Coyle, Barry
Author_Institution :
Department of Physics, American University Washington, DC 20016, USA
Abstract :
A diode-pumped, 100 mJ/pulse, Nd:YAG oscillator employing a dual pump head design aligned orthogonally in an unstable resonator configuration producing aperture-free TEM00 beams is presented.
Keywords :
Brightness; Diodes; Magnetic heads; Optical design; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical transmitters; Oscillators; Slabs;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2007. QELS '07
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2007.4431479
