[Laser] Wicked Lasers Fusion (125mW 532nm) Modulation

[Chuck Hast]

On 9/22/07, Terry Morris W5TDM <w5tdm at hotmail.com> wrote:
> I was under the impression that most DPSS green lasers use pump lasers at
> 808nm which then pump a downconverter crystal of ND.Vanadate (ND:YV04) which
> outputs 1.064 um beam, this is then used to pump a crystal frequency doubler
> of KTP which outputs 532nm. I may be wrong, but last time I looked there
> were no laser diodes at 1.064 with enough power to directly pump KTP to this
> output level, but technology does move along.
>
Yes you are correct, and it is the rise time in the crystals that appears to
be the issue.

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