Development and Fabrication of a YAG Laser System for Study of Mode Locking and Pulse Coding Laser Output.

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Abstract:

A special purpose, high repetition rate NdYAG laser system has been designed, developed and fabricated for use in experiments in mode locking and pulse coding. The system consists of a laser transmitter, power supply and cooler. The transmitter is a mechanically stabilized, 1 meter long optical cavity with a flash-pumped single cavity oscillator using a 14 in. x 2 in. NdYAG crystal, a KD callita prime P Pockels cell, and a 150 MHz mode-locking modulator cell. The system was successfully tested up to a repetition rate of 50 pps and a 100 nanosecond Q-switched output of 130 millijoules. Mode-locked pulses were measured at 0.8 nanoseconds. Author

Author(s):
Wargo, Lorand J.
Author Organization(s):
RAYTHEON CO WALTHAM MASS SPECIAL MICROWAVE DEVICES OPERATION
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. 1 Jan-1 Jul 71,
Pagination:
0019

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
SM-279, AFCRL-71-0471
Contract/Grant Number(s):
F19628-71-C-0053
Task Number(s):
ILIR97001
Project Number(s):
ILIR-9-70
Monitor Series:
71-0471
 Subject Terms
Communities of Interest:
No COI(s) Identified
Descriptor(s):
*LASERS, YTTRIUM COMPOUNDS, SYSTEMS ENGINEERING, PULSE CODE MODULATION, GARNET, OPTICAL PUMPING
Field(s)/Group(s):
Lasers and Masers
Keyword(s):
*YAG LASERS, MODE LOCKED LASERS, NEODYMIUM LASERS, Q SWITCHED LASERS
Report Date:
1971 Jul 01