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BMS 631 – LECTURE005.PPT
Solid State Lasers
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Neodynymium-YAG (Yttrium aluminum garnet)
lasers
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Lasing medium is a solid rod of crystalline material
pumped by a flashlamp or a diode laser
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100s mWs at 1064 nm
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can be doubled or tripled to produce 532 nm
or
355 nm
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Noisy - and still reasonably expensive (particularly
the double and tripled versions)
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