Title :
100 mJ Q-Switched, High Efficiency, High Brightness Nd:YAG Oscillator:Wavefront Analysis
Author :
Poulios, Demetrios ; Stysley, Paul R. ; Kay, Richard B. ; Coyle, Barry
Author_Institution :
American Univ. Washington, Washington
Abstract :
A diode-pumped, 100 mJ/pulse, Nd:YAG oscillator employing a dual pump head design aligned orthogonally in an unstable resonator configuration producing aperture-free TEM00 beams is presented.
Keywords :
Q-switching; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; neodymium; optical design techniques; optical pumping; solid lasers; Nd:YAG oscillator; Q-switched oscillator; YAG:Nd; aperture-free TEM00 beam; brightness; diode-pumped oscillator; dual pump head design; energy 100 mJ; unstable resonator; wavefront analysis; Brightness; Diodes; Laser modes; Magnetic heads; Optical design; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical transmitters; Slabs;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453702