A Diode-Pumped, Q-Switched, Nd: YLF Laser Using a Prismatic Pump Cavity

Bhabana Pati; Kevin F. Wall; Peter F. Moulton

doi:10.1364/ASSP.2003.432

Advanced Solid-State Photonics
OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics (Optica Publishing Group, 2003),
paper 432
•https://doi.org/10.1364/ASSP.2003.432

A Diode-Pumped, Q-Switched, Nd: YLF Laser Using a Prismatic Pump Cavity

Bhabana Pati, Kevin F. Wall, and Peter F. Moulton

Advanced Solid-State Photonics 2003

San Antonio, Texas United States
2–5 February 2003
ISBN: 1-55752-743-1

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B. Pati, K. F. Wall, and P. F. Moulton, "A Diode-Pumped, Q-Switched, Nd: YLF Laser Using a Prismatic Pump Cavity," in Advanced Solid-State Photonics, J. Zayhowski, ed., Vol. 83 of OSA Trends in Optics and Photonics (Optica Publishing Group, 2003), paper 432.

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Abstract

We report an energy of 110 mJ per pulse from a diode-pumped, double-pulse, Q-switched, conduction-cooled, 1053-nm, Nd: YLF laser designed for space-based applications. We obtained a slope efficiency of 23% and used heat pipes for laser-head cooling.

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