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Control of laser radiation parameters

Industrial Nd:YAG laser with a three-mirror cavity and its applications

T. T. Basiev^a, A. N. Kravets^b, A. S. Krainov^b, A. V. Fedin<sup>b

a</sup> Laser Materials and Technology Research Center, Prokhorov General Physics Institute, RAS, Moscow
^b Kovrov State Technological Academy

Abstract: An investigation was made of the generation of separate trains of radiation pulses in an Nd:YAG laser with two optically coupled cavities. The trains consisted of equidistant pulses. Each pulse was of 130 ns duration, governed by the initial transmission of a passive laser switch based on an LiF:F$_2^-$ crystal. A power supply unit with mixed pumping was used to control the energy and temporal parameters of the pulse trains. Industrial applications of an automated laser system with a combined radiation source based on a CO$_2$ laser and a passively $Q$-switched Nd:YAG laser were demonstrated.

PACS: 42.55.Rz, 42.62.Cf

Received: 30.10.1997

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 1998, 28:6, 510–513

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