High-power Nd:YAG lasers using stable–unstable resonators
- 19 March 2002
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Vol. 19 (7) , 1783-1792
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/19/7/375
Abstract
The development of a power-scalable diode-laser-pumped continuous-wave Nd:YAG laser for advanced long-baseline interferometric detectors of gravitational waves is described. The laser employs a chain of injection-locked slave lasers to yield an efficient, frequency-stable, diffraction-limited laser beam.Keywords
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