Repetitively pulsed mode-locked Nd:phosphate glass laser oscillator-amplifier system
Performance of a repetitively pulsed mode-locked Nd:glass laser system employing athermal phosphate glass in the oscillator and amplifier stages is described. Improved passive mode-locking characteristics of the oscillator are achieved through use of a l00-microm thick intracavity etalon, enabling r...
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Published in | Applied optics (2004) Vol. 21; no. 8; p. 1474 |
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Main Authors | , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
15.04.1982
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Summary: | Performance of a repetitively pulsed mode-locked Nd:glass laser system employing athermal phosphate glass in the oscillator and amplifier stages is described. Improved passive mode-locking characteristics of the oscillator are achieved through use of a l00-microm thick intracavity etalon, enabling reliable generation of transform-limited pulses typically of 5-psec duration. The system produces 1054-nm pulses of high beam quality and ~25-mJ energy at a pulse repetition rate of ~0.2 Hz. Subsequent frequency-doubling steps give conversion efficiencies of ~50% and 25%, respectively. |
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ISSN: | 1559-128X |
DOI: | 10.1364/AO.21.001474 |