Title :
Diode-pumped alexandrite laser — A new prospect for remote sensing
Author :
Michael Damzen;Gabrielle Thomas;Achaya Teppitaksak;Emma Arbabzadah;William Kerridge-Johns;Ara Minassian
Author_Institution :
Photonics Group, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK
Abstract :
Tunable-wavelength diode-pumped Alexandrite laser operation includes highest power > 26W (end-pumped rod); > 12W (side-pumped slab); and first Q-switched operation with pulse energy ~ 1mJ at kHz repetition rate, as development for space lidar application.
Keywords :
"Laser excitation","Power generation","Slabs","Optical fibers","Cavity resonators","Geometry","Absorption"
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2015 11th Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2015.7375818
