Design and realization of a compact and multi-purpose passively Q-switched ND:YAG laser system | ||
| Journal of Engineering Science and Military Technologies | ||
| Article 4, Volume 2, Issue 3, July 2018, Pages 129-133 PDF (779.91 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejmtc.2018.479.1018 | ||
| Author | ||
| Adel Abdallah Mohamed* | ||
| Military Technical College | ||
| Abstract | ||
| In this paper, a passively Q-switched pulsed Nd:YAG laser system is designed and realized for defense applications. Our previously published generalized mathematical model for passively Q-switched lasers is used to help extract the design parameters of the proposed Q-switched Nd:YAG laser system. The proposed laser system is a simple and compact laser source which can be employed for many applications. The laser system operates at 1064 nm, its free running output energy is 150 mJ, while its Q-switched laser output contains a train of pulses with pulse width varies from 47 nm to 85 nm and with maximum measured total output energy of 52.4 mJ. The output pulse series contains 6 pulses with maximum peak power of 468 kW, while the minimum obtained peak power is 18.8 kW. The total duration of the Q-switched output pulse series is about 150 μs. This system can be used in many applications such as Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), LIDAR, laser target designation (LTD), range finding, and some medical applications. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Laser realization; Nd:YAG laser; passive Q-switch; passive Q-switch modeling | ||
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