High-power Nd:YAG lasers using stable–unstable resonators

200213 citationsJournal Article

Authors

D. Mudge · University of Adelaide

Martin Ostermeyer · University of Adelaide

D. J. Ottaway · University of Adelaide

J. Veitch · University of Adelaide

J Munch · University of Adelaide

M. W. Hamilton · University of Adelaide

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.

Topics & Keywords

Advanced Frequency and Time Standards Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Affordable and clean energy

Publication Details

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volume 19, Issue 7, pp. 1783-1792

DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/19/7/375

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