Title :
Design recommendations for high average power, high pulse energy diode pumped Nd:YAG-MOPA systems emitting ns-pulses
Author :
Brandenburg, Ingo ; Ostermeyer, Martin ; Strässer, Alexander
Author_Institution :
University of Potsdam, Germany, Institute for Physics
Abstract :
A diode pumped 400 W, 1J ns-pulsed master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) system is designed to embody near diffraction limited beam quality. Principal design issues are discussed.
Keywords :
Diodes; Gas lasers; Geometrical optics; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Oscillators; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Refractive index;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9242-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569686