Demonstration and characterization of a multibillion–shot, 2.5–mJ, 4–ns, Q–switched Nd: YAG laser

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1427-1429

  Dallas, J L ^a   Afzal, R S ^a   Stephen, M A ^a  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulative exposure; Laser diode lifetime; Optical damage

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL PUMPING; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); Q SWITCHED LASERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SERVICE LIFE; WATER;

ACCUMULATIVE EXPOSURE; MULTIBILLION SHOT SURVIVABILITY; OPTICAL DAMAGE; PULSE WIDTH; WAVELENGTH;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 0030100423     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.001427     Document Type: Article

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