Q-switched diode pumped Nd:YAG rod laser with output power of 420W at 532nm and 160W at 355nm

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7193, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Dudley, David R ^a   Mehl, Oliver ^a   Wang, Gary Y ^a   Allee, Ezra S ^a   Pang, Henry Y ^a   Hodgson, Norman ^a  

^a Research and Development Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Diode pumped Nd:YAG laser; Harmonic generation; Intra cavity doubling; Intra cavity tripling; Q switching

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE COMPENSATION; DIODE PUMPED ND: YAG; DIODE-PUMPED; DIODE-PUMPED ND:YAG LASER; DOUBLE PASS CONFIGURATION; HIGH OUTPUT POWER; INTRA-CAVITY DOUBLING; INTRA-CAVITY TRIPLING; INTRACAVITY; MULTIMODE OPERATIONS; ND : YAG LASERS; ND:YAG ROD; OUTPUT POWER; PULSE DURATIONS; PULSE ENERGY STABILITY; Q-SWITCHED; REPETITION RATE; SECOND HARMONIC GENERATION; SIDE-PUMPED; SUM-FREQUENCY GENERATORS; TYPE II;

DIODES; FIBER LASERS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC GENERATION; NEODYMIUM; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PULSE GENERATORS; PUMPING (LASER); Q SWITCHED LASERS; Q SWITCHING; SOLID STATE DEVICES;

NEODYMIUM LASERS;

EID: 66749098422     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.808345     Document Type: Conference Paper

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