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Dual-rod Cr:LiSAF oscillator/amplifier for remote sensing applications

James W. Early, Charles S. Lester, Nigel J. Cockroft, Christyl C. Johnson, Donald J. Reichle, and David W. Mordaunt

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Abstract

A dual rod configuration is used to achieve 16W average power operation from a flashlamp-pumped Cr:LiSAF laser oscillator. A double-pass dual-rod amplifier configuration was used to amplify 141μJ pulses from a Q-switched diode-pumped LiSAF oscillator by a factor of ~120. This experiment established a small signal gain of 13.4% per cm at 820 nm. Improved slope efficiency (7.4% electrical-to-light) and pulse repetition frequency (40Hz) were achieved with a single-rod oscillator using improved Cr:LiSAF material.

© 1996 Optical Society of America

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