Output performance of a Nd:YAG laser with mixed operation in the cw and pulsed modes

Kwang-Suk Kim; Jeong-Moog Kim; Cheol-Jung Kim

doi:10.1117/12.199889

1 May 1995 Output performance of a Nd:YAG laser with mixed operation in the cw and pulsed modes

Kwang-Suk Kim, Jeong-Moog Kim, Cheol-Jung Kim

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 34, Issue 5, (May 1995). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.199889

Abstract

We have made a Nd:YAG laser which operates in a cw mode, a pulsed mode, and a mixture of the two. This has been achieved by mixing the dc and the pulsed pumping currents. A thyristor-switched pulse power supply and a cw power supply are isolated from each other with high-current diodes. The output performance of the three modes has been compared by varying the reflectivities of the output mirrors. Two kinds of lamp, a specially designed flashlamp and an arclamp, were used in optimizing the output power. A peak power as high as 3.6 kW has been obtained in the mixed-mode operation with a Kr flashlamp at 2-atm pressure.

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Kwang-Suk Kim, Jeong-Moog Kim, and Cheol-Jung Kim "Output performance of a Nd:YAG laser with mixed operation in the cw and pulsed modes," Optical Engineering 34(5), (1 May 1995). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.199889

Published: 1 May 1995

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