Publications & Presentations

Compact solid-state laser to generate 5 mJ at 532 nm

Bhabana Pati, James Burgess, Michael Rayno and Kenneth Stebbins
SPIE Photonics West 2019 LASE, SPIE Paper No. 10896-14, 2-7 February, 2019, San Francisco, CA

A compact and simple laser has been developed to generate 5 mJ of energy and

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A compact and simple laser has been developed to generate 5 mJ of energy and

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Copyright © 2019 Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers. Presented at SPIE Photonics West 2019 LASE, SPIE Paper No. 10896-14, 2-7 February, 2019. This paper is made available as an electronic reprint (preprint) with permission of SPIE. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic or multiple reproduction, distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modification of the content of the paper are prohibited.

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CLEO 1995: Diode-pumped, 6-mJ, Repetitively Q-switched Tm, Ho:YLF Laser for Clear Air Turbulence Detection

Andrew Finch and John H. Flint Schwartz Electro-Optics Inc., 45 Winthrop St., Concord MA 01742 Tel: 508 371 2299 Fax: 508 371 1265

We report on a diode-pumped, Thulium, Holmium:YLF ring laser which has produced over 4.5 W of CW power, 6 mJ of Q-switched pulse energy at a 100 Hz repetition rate, and over 3 mJ at 1 kHz repetition rate, all with a pump power of 14 W.

We report on a diode-pumped, Thulium, Holmium:YLF ring laser which has produced over 4.5 W of CW power, 6 mJ of Q-switched pulse energy at a 100 Hz repetition rate, and over 3 mJ at 1 kHz repetition rate, all with a pump power of 14 W.

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1995 Rank Funds: Development of Tunable/Novel Soild State Lasers

SEO Research Division
CREDITS FOR THE WORKERS

  • Glen Rines (Pulsed Ti:sapphire, OPOs)
  • James Harrison (CW Ti:sapphire, Diode-pumping)
  • David Welford (Mode-locking) Imperial College
  • John Flint (Infrared lasers)
  • David Rines (Infrared lasers, OPOs)
  • Andrew Finch (Mode-locking, infrared lasers) Oxford, St. Andrews
  • Henry Zenzie(Cr:LiSAF, OPOs)
  • Bradley Dinerman(Infrared lasers)
  • Yelena Isyanova(OPOs, Diode-pumping)
  • Richard Schwarz (Pulsed Ti:sapphire)

The Rank Prize Funds Mini-Symposium on Solid State Lasers 3-6 April, 1995

GENERAL OUTLINE

  • Ti:sapphire Lasers
  • New Tunable Lasers
  • Infrared Sources
  • Evolution of CW Diode-Pumped Lasers

GENERAL OUTLINE

  • Ti:sapphire Lasers
  • New Tunable Lasers
  • Infrared Sources
  • Evolution of CW Diode-Pumped Lasers
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ASSL 1996: 2.5-W single-frequency Tm,Ho:YLF ring laser

Andy Finch, John H. Flint and David M. Rines; SEO Research Division

Summary of Talk

  • Potential uses of multiwatt 2-µm SLM laser light
  • Specifications of system under development
  • System design
    • Thermal management
    • Cavity layout
    • Performance as a function of crystal geometry
  • System ruggedization
  • Conclusions

Summary of Talk

  • Potential uses of multiwatt 2-µm SLM laser light
  • Specifications of system under development
  • System design
    • Thermal management
    • Cavity layout
    • Performance as a function of crystal geometry
  • System ruggedization
  • Conclusions
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CLEO 2000: 1.8-W CW Er:YLF diode-pumped laser

Alex Yu. Dergachev, John H. Flint, and Peter F. Moulton
Q-Peak, Inc.,
135 South Road, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730 Tel.: (781) 275-9535, FAX: (781) 275-9726
E-mail: dergachev@qpeak.com

Motivation

  • ‰Development of a solid-state directly diode-pumped CW high-power (> 1 W) 3-μm laser
  • Possible applications:
    • industrial,
    • medical.

Motivation

  • ‰Development of a solid-state directly diode-pumped CW high-power (> 1 W) 3-μm laser
  • Possible applications:
    • industrial,
    • medical.
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ASSL 2002: A CW side-pumped Yb:S-FAP laser

Alex Dergachev, Yelena Isyanova, and Peter F. Moulton Q-Peak, Inc., 135 South Road, Bedford, Massachusetts 01730 Tel.: (781) 275-9535, Fax: (781) 275-9726, E-mail: dergachev@qpeak.com Kathleen I. Schaffers Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, PO Box 5508, Livermore, California 94550 Acknowledgements: Air Force Contract # F29601-01-C-0093

Motivation

  • ‰Develop a QCW diode-pumped MOPA system
    • compact, Q-switched Nd:YLF laser
    • side-pumped multi-pass Yb:S-FAP power amplifier
    • Gaussian beam quality
    • Goal: 30 to 40 mJ energy-per-pulse capability

Motivation

  • ‰Develop a QCW diode-pumped MOPA system
    • compact, Q-switched Nd:YLF laser
    • side-pumped multi-pass Yb:S-FAP power amplifier
    • Gaussian beam quality
    • Goal: 30 to 40 mJ energy-per-pulse capability
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