We are constructing a Q-switched, frequency doubled Nd:YLF laser for pollution measurements in the Amazon Basin using the LIDAR technique. The laser should be very compact, robust and must present a good beam quality for efficient second harmonic generation. Our approach is a Nd:YLF MOPA based on four diode side-pumped modules (see figure 1), one for the oscillator and three for the amplifier. For compactness we use a Cr/sup 4+/ saturable absorber as q-switcher. We conclude that our compact cavity design permits efficiency equal to other related works and power scalability while maintaining good beam quality.


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    Titel :

    Side-pumped, high beam-quality Nd:YLF amplifier for LIDAR applications


    Beteiligte:
    Wetter, N.U. (Autor:in) / de Almeida Camargo, F. (Autor:in) / Ranieri, I.M. (Autor:in) / Baldochi, S.L. (Autor:in)


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2005-01-01


    Format / Umfang :

    825544 byte




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Konferenz)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch



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