Highly stable and high-power Nd:YAG lasers

Kenichi Nakagawa; Yukitaka Shimizu; Takeshi Katsuda; Motoichi Ohtsu

doi:10.1117/12.143704

30 April 1993 Highly stable and high-power Nd:YAG lasers

Kenichi Nakagawa, Yukitaka Shimizu, Takeshi Katsuda, Motoichi Ohtsu

Proceedings Volume 1837, Frequency-Stabilized Lasers and Their Applications; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.143704
Event: Applications in Optical Science and Engineering, 1992, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

We describe the design and performance of highly stable and high power Nd:YAG laser system for the interferometric gravitational wave detectors. The frequency of a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser is stabilized by using a high finesse optical cavity, and its frequency noise is reduced to as low as 1.5 mHz/(root)Hz. Using a high power lamp-pumped ring Nd:YAG laser, single frequency output power of 4 W is obtained, and the injection locking is realized by using a diode-pumped laser as a master laser. We also show the design of high power single frequency diode-pumped Nd:YAG lasers.

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Kenichi Nakagawa, Yukitaka Shimizu, Takeshi Katsuda, and Motoichi Ohtsu "Highly stable and high-power Nd:YAG lasers", Proc. SPIE 1837, Frequency-Stabilized Lasers and Their Applications, (30 April 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.143704

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