Mode Control Technology for High Performance Solid State Lasers.

Abstract

IMITED ENERGY FROM PULSED Nd:YAG lasers. Theoretical results include a first order error analysis for the sensitivity of complex optical resonators, an extension of an existing computer program for mode sizes to the computation of these sensitivities, a series of design curves for normalized mode sizes and sensitivities of a trioptic (2 mirrors and 1 lens) resonator, and a discussion of the limitation of Q-switched performance in a single rod oscillator due to optical damage. Experimental results include a detailed investigation of the long pulse performance over a 'U' shaped profile of the mode size in a trioptic resonator, and the generation of over 60 mj of diffraction-limited, Q-switched energy at 20 pps. by operating the laser at the 'focentric' limit between a stable and unstable resonator. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0771960

Entities

People

  • C. F. Luck
  • C. Vonmertens
  • D. R. Whitehouse
  • F. A. Horrigan
  • M. Bass

Organizations

  • RTX

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Computations
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Demographic Cohorts
  • Diffraction
  • Error Analysis
  • Errors
  • Lasers
  • Optomechanics
  • Oscillators
  • Resonators
  • Sensitivity
  • Solid State Lasers
  • Yag Lasers

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Approximation Theory.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy