PERSONAL Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.
We investigate the inversion dynamics in Nd:Cr:GSGG laser rods as a function of pumping frequency in order to optimize Nd:Cr:GSGG Q switched lasers for rapid time to fire applications. By frequency filtering the pump light to the Nd:Cr:GSGG rod and measuring the florescence from the rod, we determine the dynamics for different excitation processes in the laser (i.e. direct excitation of the Nd ions or indirect excitation via Cr ions). We also measure the flashlamp pulse shape using various spectral filters This combination of measurements help us understand the processes contributing and limiting the efficiency of Nd:Cr:GSGG lasers when the lasers must fire on a short time scale.
PERSONAL Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.
The alert did not successfully save. Please try again later.
Michael V. Pack, Paul A. Miller, Jason Shelton, "Dynamics of flashlamp pumping a Nd:Cr:GSGG laser," Proc. SPIE 7070, Optical Technologies for Arming, Safing, Fuzing, and Firing IV, 70700M (3 September 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.795195