Generation of 500-MW peak power pulses from an injection mode-locked Q-switched Nd:glass moving slab laser

SANTANU BASU; ROBERT L. BYER

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1988),
paper THV1

Generation of 500-MW peak power pulses from an injection mode-locked Q-switched Nd:glass moving slab laser

SANTANU BASU and ROBERT L. BYER

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 1988

Anaheim, California United States
25–29 April 1988
ISBN: 1-55752-033-X

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S. BASU and R. L. BYER, "Generation of 500-MW peak power pulses from an injection mode-locked Q-switched Nd:glass moving slab laser," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, D. Pinnow and P. Moulton, eds., Vol. 7 of OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1988), paper THV1.

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Abstract

The output power density of a Q-switched Nd:glass laser is limited to 250-500 MW/cm² by the surface damage of optical components in the resonator, whereas the B-integral limit is 2-10 GW/cm². The peak power can be increased to the B-integral limit, if the energy is extracted in short pulses, preferably <1 ns in duration.

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