Title :
High power, repetitively pulsed Cr:LiSAF thin slab zig-zag power oscillator
Author :
Klimek, D.E. ; Mandl, A.
Author_Institution :
Textron Syst., Wilmington, MA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We have been developing a high energy per pulse, high power Cr:LiSAF laser for an unconventional imaging application. The final ground based transmitter device is envisioned to consist of three, 30 J beams with a beam quality <1.5 XDL, operating at a wavelength that is matched to the Cs atomic filter line (852 nm), and with a bandwidth of 2 GHz. This device is to operate at repetition rates of at least 5 Hz. A single oscillator-preamplifier subsystem will inject three, multi-stage amplifier chains made up of a number of similar Cr:LiSAF zig-zag laser modules.
Keywords :
chromium; laser beams; laser frequency stability; laser transitions; lithium compounds; modules; solid lasers; 30 J; 852 nm; Cr:LiSAF thin slab zig-zag power laser oscillator; Cr:LiSAF zig-zag laser modules; Cr:LiSrAlF/sub 6/; Cs; Cs atomic filter line; LiSrAlF/sub 6/:Cr; beam quality; ground based transmitter device; high energy per pulse; high power lasers; imaging application; multi-stage amplifier chains; repetitively pulsed; single oscillator-preamplifier subsystem; Diode lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical resonators; Oscillators; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Slabs;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-662-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2001.947994
