Abstract
The successful operation of a high-beam-quality 'miniature' copper vapor laser (CVL) designed as master oscillator for a 20-W power amplifier is reported. When the miniature CVL was amplified by a single pass through a nominally 20-W amplifier, 22.6 W of diffraction-limited output was obtained at 7 kHz for a total electrical input of 4 kW. The CVL MOPA system with miniature CVL master oscillator was also capable of generating significant high beam quality power at elevated pulse repetition frequency. Further performance characteristics of miniature CVL-MOPA systems are presented, as well as nonlinear frequency conversion of the output of these systems.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting |
| Place of Publication | Washington, DC |
| Publisher | Optical Society of America (OSA) |
| Pages | 1-1 |
| Number of pages | 1 |
| Volume | 8 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0780319710 |
| Publication status | Published - 1994 |
| Event | Proceedings of the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - Anaheim, CA, USA Duration: 8 May 1994 → 13 May 1994 |
Other
| Other | Proceedings of the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics |
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| City | Anaheim, CA, USA |
| Period | 8/05/94 → 13/05/94 |