Recent Development of High-Power Visible Laser Sources Employing Solid-State Slab Lasers and Nonlinear Harmonic Conversion Techniques.

Abstract

Recent developments in high-power solid-state lasers (Nd:YAG, Nd:glass) have greatly improved both average power capability and beam brightness. This has been a result, to a large extent, of the development of the total-internal-reflection slab-type solid-state laser configuration, which provides a self-compensating mechanism to minimize the thermally induced distortion commonly observed in solid-state lasers. Near diffraction-limited, high peak power, high average power solid-state lasers are ideal pump sources for nonlinear frequency conversions using harmonic generation, stimulated Raman scattering and/or pumping dye laser s for ultraviolet (UV), visible, and infrared (IR) coherent light sources. Continuously tunable coherent sources covering a spectral range from 0.2 microns to beyond 3 microns, using these combined techniques, have been reported. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1981
Accession Number
ADA127426

Entities

People

  • J. P. Chernoch
  • W. B. Jones
  • Y. S. Liu

Organizations

  • General Electric

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Birefringence
  • Diffraction
  • Distortion
  • Dye Lasers
  • Frequency Conversion
  • Glass Lasers
  • Laser Beams
  • Laser Mediums
  • Lasers
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Nonlinear Optics
  • Optical Materials
  • Oscillators
  • Solid State Lasers
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Thermal Conductivity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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  • Pulsed Power and Plasma Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy