High-power diode-pumped solid state lasers for optical space communications

Walter Koechner; Ralph L. Burnham; Jeff Kasinski; Patrick A. Bournes; Don DiBiase; Khoa Le; Larry R. Marshall; Alan D. Hays

doi:10.1117/12.46098

1 May 1991 High-power diode-pumped solid state lasers for optical space communications

Walter Koechner, Ralph L. Burnham, Jeff Kasinski, Patrick A. Bournes, Don DiBiase, Khoa Le, Larry R. Marshall, Alan D. Hays

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Proceedings Volume 1522, Optical Space Communication II; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.46098
Event: Munich '91 (Lasers '91), 1991, Munich, Germany

Abstract

The design and performance of a large diode-pumped multi-stage Nd:YAG laser system for space and airborne applications will be described. The laser operates at a repetition rate of 40 Hz and produces an output either at 1.064 micron or 532 nm with an average power in the Q-switched mode of 30 W at the fundamental and 20 W at the second harmonic wavelength. The output beam is diffraction limited (TEM 00 mode) and can optionally also be operated in a single longitudinal mode. The output energy ranges from 1.25 Joule/pulse in the free lasing mode, 0.75 Joule in a 17 nsec Q-switched pulse, to 0.5 Joules/pulse at 532 nm. The overall electrical efficiency for the Q-switched second harmonic output is 4.

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Walter Koechner, Ralph L. Burnham, Jeff Kasinski, Patrick A. Bournes, Don DiBiase, Khoa Le, Larry R. Marshall, and Alan D. Hays "High-power diode-pumped solid state lasers for optical space communications", Proc. SPIE 1522, Optical Space Communication II, (1 May 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.46098

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