{"title":"2-micron laser development for space-based remote sensing applications","authors":"U. Singh, Jirong Yu","doi":"10.1109/RAST.2003.1303964","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The design and performance of a diode pumped Tm sensitized Ho:LuLiF/sub 4/ (LuLF) laser oscillator and double-pass Tm:Ho:YLF laser amplifiers are described. The oscillator produced 135-mJ of Q-switched output, which represents a slope efficiency of 0.09. To our knowledge this is the highest Q-switched output for this material. The output energy of double-pass amplifier was improved by 75% compared to single-pass amplifier, and 380-mJ single pulse energy and 630-mJ double pulse energy have been achieved with high efficiency.","PeriodicalId":272869,"journal":{"name":"International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies, 2003. RAST '03. Proceedings of","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"International Conference on Recent Advances in Space Technologies, 2003. RAST '03. Proceedings of","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/RAST.2003.1303964","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The design and performance of a diode pumped Tm sensitized Ho:LuLiF/sub 4/ (LuLF) laser oscillator and double-pass Tm:Ho:YLF laser amplifiers are described. The oscillator produced 135-mJ of Q-switched output, which represents a slope efficiency of 0.09. To our knowledge this is the highest Q-switched output for this material. The output energy of double-pass amplifier was improved by 75% compared to single-pass amplifier, and 380-mJ single pulse energy and 630-mJ double pulse energy have been achieved with high efficiency.