• DocumentCode
    3026393
  • 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
    American Univ. Washington, Washington
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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
    Q-switching; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; neodymium; optical design techniques; optical pumping; solid lasers; Nd:YAG oscillator; Q-switched oscillator; YAG:Nd; aperture-free TEM00 beam; brightness; diode-pumped oscillator; dual pump head design; energy 100 mJ; unstable resonator; wavefront analysis; Brightness; Diodes; Laser modes; Magnetic heads; Optical design; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical transmitters; Slabs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453702
  • Filename
    4453702