Title :
Power scaling of actively Q-switched synchronized dual-frequency laser pulses based on two Nd:YLF crystals
Author :
Ragam, Srinivasa ; Zhao, Pu ; Ding, Yujie J. ; Zotova, Ioulia B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
Abstract :
By introducing two Nd:YLF crystals into two laser cavities as a new configuration, we have scaled up the total output power of actively Q-switched synchronized dual-frequency laser pulses by more than 6 times.
Keywords :
Q-switching; laser cavity resonators; lithium compounds; neodymium; solid lasers; synchronisation; yttrium compounds; YLF:Nd; actively Q-switched synchronized dual-frequency laser pulses; laser cavities; laser output power; power scaling;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
