TY - JOUR A1 - Ostermeyer, Martin A1 - Waltinger, Thomas A1 - Gregor, Markus T1 - Frequency stabilization of a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser oscillator with stability better 300 kHz following an rf- sideband scheme N2 - A frequency stabilization scheme following the Pound-Drever-Hall technique modified with a sample and hold circuit has been applied to a Q-switched diode-pumped Nd:YAG ring oscillator. The high-power ring is injection seeded by a monolithic non-planar ring laser oscillator (NPRO). The slave oscillator emits pulses of 23 ns duration and 20 mJ pulse energy with almost diffraction limited beam quality (M-2 = 1.2) at a repetition rate of 400 Hz. The short-term fluctuation of the center frequency from pulse to pulse is 290 kHz. The oscillator is designed for applications within lidar measurements. Y1 - 2009 UR - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/31835 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00304018 SN - 0030-4018 ER -