Title :
Efficiently seeded diode pumped laser at 0.946 /spl mu/m
Author :
Axenson, Theresa J. ; Barnes, Norman P. ; Reichle, Donald J., Jr. ; Lockard, George E.
Author_Institution :
Sci. & Technol. Corp., Hampton, VA, USA
Abstract :
Seeding of a Nd:YAG diode pumped Q-switched laser at 0.946 /spl mu/m has been accomplished using electronic resonator length control. This approach is extremely efficient with seeding occurring over 99% of the time.
Keywords :
Q-switching; laser cavity resonators; laser transitions; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; 0.946 mum; Nd:YAG diode pumped Q-switched laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; efficiently seeded diode pumped laser; electronic resonator length control;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
