VM-TIM - Optical didactic materials - Solid state YAG-Laser laboratory course

SOLID STATE YAG-LASER LABORATORY COURSE

Specifications:

• Wavelength of the generated radiation: - 1064nm, 532nm;

• Pulse energy:
- 150 mJ (1064 nm)
- 70 mJ (532 nm);

• Pulse duration:
   Free generation mode 300 µs
   Q-switch passive mode 100 ns
   Q-switch active mode 20 ns;

• Laser radiation divergence: 2,5 mrad

• Pulse repetition rate: 10 Hz

The course includes the following laboratory works:

• Free generation

• Q-switch passive

• Q-switch active

• Second harmonic generation

The laboratory bench comprises:

• Complete set of mechanical and optical components

• Quantron

• Q-switches active and passive

• Second-harmonic generation unit

• Computerized control system for recording and processing of experimental data

Free generation:

• Physical principles of laser operation in the free generation mode

• Resonator tuning methods

• Measurement and optimization of the energy characteristics of generation

• Measurement of the time characteristics of generation

Q-switch active:

• Physical principles of the single-pulse formation in the Q-switch active mode of laser operation

• Tuning methods for resonator and electrooptical gate

• Measurement and optimization of the energy and time characteristics of genera-tion

Q-switch passive:

• Physical principles of the pulse formation in the Q-switch passive mode of laser operation

• Measurements of the time characteristics of generation

• Optimization of the energy characteristics of generation

Second harmonic generation:

• Physical principles of the second harmonic generation

• Energy characteristics of the radiation conversion to the second harmonic for dif-ferent interaction types

• Angle characteristics for the radiation conversion to the second harmonic

The equipment proposed enables research in the field of laser physics.



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