Short pulse eye-safe laser with a stimulated Raman scattering self-conversion based on a Nd:KGW crystal

We present the results of a solid self-Raman laser based on a Nd:KGW crystal that is transversely pumped by laser diode bars. A beam of an eye-safe laser with a 31.8 mJ output energy and a 2.0 ns pulse width was obtained by applying a special s-polarized reflective resonator configuration in which t...

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Published inOptics letters Vol. 32; no. 9; p. 1096
Main Authors Jianhong, Huang, Jipeng, Lin, Rongbing, Su, Jinghui, Li, Hui, Zheng, Canhua, Xu, Fei, Shi, Zongzhi, Lin, Jian, Zhuang, Wenrong, Zeng, Wenxiong, Lin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.05.2007
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Summary:We present the results of a solid self-Raman laser based on a Nd:KGW crystal that is transversely pumped by laser diode bars. A beam of an eye-safe laser with a 31.8 mJ output energy and a 2.0 ns pulse width was obtained by applying a special s-polarized reflective resonator configuration in which the length of the Raman resonator was shorter than that of the fundamental radiation resonator. The eye-safe laser has the highest output energy and the shortest pulse width among the Nd:KGW lasers ever reported.
ISSN:0146-9592
DOI:10.1364/OL.32.001096