Title :
600 mJ Q-switched diode-pumped Tm:Ho:LuLF master-oscillator-power-amplifiers (MOPA) at 2.05 /spl mu/m
Author :
Chen, Songsheng ; Yu, Jirong ; Singh, Upendra N. ; Petros, Mulugeta ; Bai, Yingxin
Author_Institution :
Sci. Applications Int. Corp., Hampton, VA, USA
Abstract :
115-mJ Q-switched laser pulses with the pulsewidth of about 150 ns were generated by a Tm:Ho:LuLF laser oscillator and 626-mJ laser pulses were demonstrated by Tm:Ho:LuLF master-oscillator-power-amplifiers (MOPA) consisting of one oscillator and two amplifiers.
Keywords :
Q-switching; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; power amplifiers; solid lasers; 115 mJ; 2.05 mum; 600 mJ; 626 mJ; LuLiF/sub 4/:Tm,Ho; Q-switched diode-pumped Tm:Ho:LuLF master-oscillator-power-amplifiers; Q-switched laser pulses; pulsewidth;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
