Injection mode-locked guide star laser concept and design verification experiments

doi:10.1364/OE.15.002369

Injection mode-locked guide star laser concept and design verification experiments

Thomas P. Rutten, Peter J. Veitch, Céline d'Orgeville, and Jesper Munch »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 15, Issue 5, pp. 2369-2374 (2007)
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Abstract

Injection mode-locking combined with stretched Q-switching of a ring resonator are proposed and demonstrated as a promising approach for advanced, guide star lasers. The concept uses two Nd:YAG lasers, producing a macro-micro pulse-burst output, optimized for efficient sum-frequency generation. We demonstrate wavelength, bandwidth and timing control required to maximize the atmospheric Na fluorescence.

OCIS Codes
(010.1080) Atmospheric and oceanic optics : Active or adaptive optics
(140.3580) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, solid-state

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Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: January 18, 2007
Revised Manuscript: February 19, 2007
Manuscript Accepted: February 22, 2007
Published: March 5, 2007

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Thomas P. Rutten, Peter J. Veitch, Céline d'Orgeville, and Jesper Munch, "Injection mode-locked guide star laser concept and design verification experiments," Opt. Express 15, 2369-2374 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-15-5-2369

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N. Ageorges and C. Dainty, Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics for Astronomy (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000).
N. Hubin, B. L. Ellerbroek, R. Arsenault, R. M. Clare, R. Dekany, L. Gilles, M. Kasper, G. Herriot, M. Le Louarn, E. Marchetti, S. Oberti, J. Stoesz, J. P. Veran and C. Vérinaud, "Adaptive optics for Extremely Large Telescopes," in Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 232, 60-85 (2005).
R. Foy and A. Labeyrie, "Feasibility of adaptive telescope with laser probe," Astron. Astrophys. 152, 29 (1985).
Requirements from Gemini RFP no. N231397, Dec. 2003.
C. E. Max, K. Avicola, J. M. Brase, H. W. Friedman, H. D. Bissinger, J. Duff, D. T. Gavel, J. A. Horton, R. Kiefer, J. R. Morris, S. S. Olivier, R. W. Presta, D. A. Rapp, J. T. Salmon and K. E. Waltjen, "Design, layout, and early results of a feasibility experiment for sodium-layer laser-guide-star adaptive optics," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A. 11, 813 (1994). [CrossRef]
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A. Tracy, A. Hankla, C. Lopez, D. Sadighi, N. Rogers, K. Groff, I. McKinnie and C. d'Orgeville, "High-Power Solid-State Sodium Beacon Laser Guidestar for the Gemini North Observatory," Proc. SPIE 5490, 998-1009 (2004). [CrossRef]
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T. P. Rutten, P. J. Veitch and J. Munch, "Development of a Sodium Laser Guide Star for Astronomical Adaptive Optics Systems," presented at the Australasian Conference on Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy, Rotorua, New Zealand, 5-9 Dec. 2005.
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J. J. Degnan, "Theory of the Optimally Coupled Q-Switched Laser," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 25, 214 (1989). [CrossRef]
C. A. Denman, P. D. Hillman, G. T. Moore, J. M. Telle, J. E. Preston, J. D. Drummond and R. Q. Fugate, "Realization of a 50-watt facility-class sodium guidestar pump laser," Proc. SPIE 5707,46-49 (2005) [CrossRef]

Alcock, A. J.
Alvarez, J. L.
Araujo, C.
Avicola, K.
Bienfang, J. C.
Bissinger, H. D.
Bonaccini Calia, D.
Brailove, A. A.
Brase, J. M.
Byer, R. L.
Corkum, P. B.
Degnan, J. J.
Denman, C. A.
d'Orgeville, C.
Drummond, J. D.
Duff, J.
Foy, R.
Friedman, H. W.
Fugate, R. Q.
Gavel, D. T.
Grime, B. W.
Groff, K.
Guidolin, I.
Hackenberg, W.
Hankla, A.
Hanna, D. C.
Hillman, P. D.
Horton, J. A.
James, D. J.
Jeys, T. H.
Kane, T. J.
Kibblewhite, E. J.
Kiefer, R.
Labeyrie, A.
Lopez, C.
Lowdermilk, W. H.
Max, C. E.
McKinnie, I.
Milonni, P. W.
Mooradian, A.
Moore, G. T.
Morris, J. R.
Murray, J. E.
Olivier, S. S.
Presta, R. W.
Preston, J. E.
Rapp, D. A.
Rogers, N.
Sadighi, D.
Salmon, J. T.
Sawyers, C. G.
Shi, F.
Telle, J. M.
Tracy, A.
Waltjen, K. E.
Yuratich, M. A.

Am. J. Phys.

P. W. Milonni, "Resource letter: AOA-1: Adaptive optics for astronomy," Am. J. Phys. 67, 476 (1999). [CrossRef]

Appl. Opt.

T. H. Jeys, A. A. Brailove and A. Mooradian, "Sum frequency generation of sodium resonance radiation," Appl. Opt. 28, 2588 (1989). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Appl. Phys. Lett.

A. J. Alcock, P. B. Corkum and D. J. James, "A simple mode-locking technique for large-aperture TEA CO2 lasers," Appl. Phys. Lett. 30, 148 (1977). [CrossRef]

Astron. Astrophys.

R. Foy and A. Labeyrie, "Feasibility of adaptive telescope with laser probe," Astron. Astrophys. 152, 29 (1985).

IEEE J. Quantum Electron.

J. J. Degnan, "Theory of the Optimally Coupled Q-Switched Laser," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 25, 214 (1989). [CrossRef]

J. Appl. Phys.

J. E. Murray and W. H. Lowdermilk, "ND:YAG regenerative amplifier," J. Appl. Phys. 51, 3548 (1980). [CrossRef]

J. Opt. Soc. Am. A.

C. E. Max, K. Avicola, J. M. Brase, H. W. Friedman, H. D. Bissinger, J. Duff, D. T. Gavel, J. A. Horton, R. Kiefer, J. R. Morris, S. S. Olivier, R. W. Presta, D. A. Rapp, J. T. Salmon and K. E. Waltjen, "Design, layout, and early results of a feasibility experiment for sodium-layer laser-guide-star adaptive optics," J. Opt. Soc. Am. A. 11, 813 (1994). [CrossRef]

Opt. Lett.

Opt. Quantum Electron.

D. C. Hanna, C. G. Sawyers and M. A. Yuratich, "Telescopic resonators for large-volume TEM00-mode operation," Opt. Quantum Electron. 13, 493 (1981). [CrossRef]

Proc. SPIE

C. A. Denman, P. D. Hillman, G. T. Moore, J. M. Telle, J. E. Preston, J. D. Drummond and R. Q. Fugate, "Realization of a 50-watt facility-class sodium guidestar pump laser," Proc. SPIE 5707,46-49 (2005) [CrossRef]
A. Tracy, A. Hankla, C. Lopez, D. Sadighi, N. Rogers, K. Groff, I. McKinnie and C. d'Orgeville, "High-Power Solid-State Sodium Beacon Laser Guidestar for the Gemini North Observatory," Proc. SPIE 5490, 998-1009 (2004). [CrossRef]
D. Bonaccini Calia, W. Hackenberg, C. Araujo, I. Guidolin and J. L. Alvarez, "Laser guide star related activities at ESO," Proc. SPIE 5490, 974-980 (2004). [CrossRef]
E. J. Kibblewhite and F. Shi, "Design and field test of an 8 watt sum-frequency laser for adaptive optics," Proc. SPIE 3353, 300-309 (1998). [CrossRef]

Other

Response to Gemini RFP no. N231397, Jan 2004.
T. P. Rutten, P. J. Veitch and J. Munch, "Development of a Sodium Laser Guide Star for Astronomical Adaptive Optics Systems," presented at the Australasian Conference on Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy, Rotorua, New Zealand, 5-9 Dec. 2005.
Requirements from Gemini RFP no. N231397, Dec. 2003.
N. Ageorges and C. Dainty, Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics for Astronomy (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000).
N. Hubin, B. L. Ellerbroek, R. Arsenault, R. M. Clare, R. Dekany, L. Gilles, M. Kasper, G. Herriot, M. Le Louarn, E. Marchetti, S. Oberti, J. Stoesz, J. P. Veran and C. Vérinaud, "Adaptive optics for Extremely Large Telescopes," in Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 232, 60-85 (2005).
D. M. Pennington, R. Beach, J. Dawson, A. Drobshoff, Z. Liao, S. Payne, D. Bonaccini, W. Hackenberg and L. Taylor, "Compact fiber laser approach to generating 589 nm laser guide stars," in Proceedings of Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 730 (2003).
Australian Patent PCT/AU2006/ 001852, Dec. 2006.

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