High power solid state single-frequency pulsed laser for Doppler velocimeters

Autor:	Yossef Horovitz, Zohar Henis, E. Moshe, I. B. Goldberg, M. Fraenkel, A. Ludmirsky
Rok vydání:	2000
Předmět:	Materials science business.industry Amplifier Laser Pockels effect law.invention X-ray laser symbols.namesake Optics law symbols Optoelectronics Continuous wave Laser power scaling business Instrumentation Doppler effect Laser Doppler vibrometer
Zdroj:	Review of Scientific Instruments. 71:2992-2994
ISSN:	1089-7623 0034-6748
DOI:	10.1063/1.1304876
Popis:	A high power solid state single-frequency pulsed oscillator/amplifier laser system developed for Doppler velocimeters is described. The oscillator is based on a continuous wave diode pumped Nd:YAG single frequency laser, operating at a wavelength of 1064 nm. The output of the laser is chopped into pulses of 100 ns to 10 μs duration and 10 Hz repetition rate by a Pockels cell and polarizers. The pulses are amplified by a double pass flash-pumped Nd:YAG amplifier to kW power levels. The amplified laser pulses are frequency doubled with high efficiency to 532 nm in a periodically poled KTiOPO4 crystal. This ladder system is useful for many velocimeter applications and its utilization in an optically recording velocity interferometer system is described.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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