A doubly resonant sum-frequency ring containing an LBO crystal, pumped by 1064 nm and 1319 nm continuous-wave Nd:YAG injection-locked ring lasers, produced a 20 W diffraction-limited, single-frequency, 589-nm beam. A 12 W circularly polarized beam produced a 7.2-magnitude guidestar.


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    Title :

    20 Watt CW 589-nm sodium beacon excitation source for adaptive optical telescope applications


    Contributors:
    Denman, C.A. (author) / Drummond, J.D. (author) / Hillman, P.D. (author) / Moore, G.T. (author) / Telle, J.M. (author) / Tuffli, A.L. (author)


    Publication date :

    2003-01-01


    Size :

    94528 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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