• Media type: E-Article
  • Title: A simple, high power, compact, intracavity frequency-doubled, Q-switched Nd:Y3Al5O12 laser
  • Contributor: Christensen, Scott; Kapteyn, Henry C.; Murnane, Margaret M.; Backus, Sterling
  • Published: AIP Publishing, 2002
  • Published in: Review of Scientific Instruments, 73 (2002) 5, Seite 1994-1997
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.1063/1.1469672
  • ISSN: 0034-6748; 1089-7623
  • Keywords: Instrumentation
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  • Description: We have developed a simple, compact, high power, diode-pumped, intracavity frequency-doubled, Nd:Y3Al5O12 laser capable of generating output powers of up to 70 W at 10 kHz, and 16.5 W at 1 kHz. The output beam quality is highly multimode, with an M2∼30. This, combined with the short output pulse duration of 36–60 ns, and the high average power, makes this laser ideal for pumping ultrafast Ti:sapphire laser amplifier systems.