33 W quasi-continuous-wave narrow-band sodium D2a laser by sum-frequency generation in LBO
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
7-23-2014
Publication Title
Chinese Physics B
DOI
10.1088/1674-1056/23/9/094208
Abstract
We demonstrate an all-solid quasi-continuous-wave (QCW) narrow-band source tunable to sodium D2a line at 589.159 nm. The source is based on sum-frequency mixing between lasers at 1064 nm and 1319 nm in a LBO crystal. The 1064 nm and 1319 nm lasers are produced from two diode side-pumped Nd:YAG master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) laser systems, respectively. A 33 W output of 589 nm laser is obtained with beam quality factor M2 = 1.25, frequency stability better than ±0.2 GHz and linewidth less than 0.44 GHz. A prototype 589 nm laser system is assembled, and a sodium laser guided star has been successfully observed in the field test.
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"33 W quasi-continuous-wave narrow-band sodium D2a laser by sum-frequency generation in LBO."
Chinese Physics B, 23 (9): 1-5: IOP Publishing.
doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/23/9/094208
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/physics-facpubs/126
