[6p-PA1-1~6] 3.5 Laser system and materials

[6p-PA1-3] Planar Waveguide Laser Amplifier at 1531.4 nm for Water Vapor Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL)

〇Kenichi Hirosawa¹, Takeshi Sakimura¹, Masaharu Imaki¹, Shumpei Kameyama¹, Takayuki Yanagisawa¹ (1.Mitsubishi Electric)

Keywords:laser, lidar, erbium

We developed high energy laser amplifier for a water vapor differential absorption lidar. The amplifier was based on a planar waveguide with Er, Yb co-doped glass, and achieved 7.4 mJ pulse energy at 1531.4 nm.