Title :
Er:YAG laser system for cleaning of painted surfaces
Author :
Ostrowski, Roman ; Marczak, J. ; Rycyk, Antoni ; Strzelec, Marek ; Szmelter, Iwona ; Koss, Andrzej
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Optoelectron., Warsaw
Abstract :
In the present paper, a description of the developed and operated Er:YAG laser system delivering output pulses of several microseconds in duration and energy up to 10 mJ is presented. The system, being simple and cost-effective solution to the above problem, is composed of the master oscillator and the one-stage single-pass amplifier. The principle of its operation is based on the well controlled free-running generator operated just above threshold. Emitted in this way single pulses or trains of two to five pulses are then amplified
Keywords :
erbium; laser materials processing; painting; solid lasers; surface cleaning; yttrium compounds; Er:YAG laser system; YAG:Er; YAl5O12:Er; controlled free-running generator; master oscillator; painted surface cleaning; single-pass amplifier; Acoustic pulses; Cleaning; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser stability; Optical materials; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1568452
