@book{OstermeyerKappeMenzeletal.2005, author = {Ostermeyer, Martin and Kappe, Philip and Menzel, Ralf and Wulfmeyer, Volker}, title = {Diode-pumped Nd : YAG master oscillator power amplifier with high pulse energy, excellent beam quality, and frequency-stabilized master oscillator as a basis for a next-generation lidar system}, year = {2005}, abstract = {A pulsed, diode-laser-pumped Nd:YAG master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) in rod geometry, frequency stabilized with a modified Pound-Drever-Hall scheme is presented. The apparatus delivers 33-ns pulses with a maximum pulse energy of 0.5 J at 1064 nm. The system was set up in two different configurations for repetition rates of 100 or 250 Hz. The beam quality was measured to be 1.5 times the diffraction limit at a pulse energy of 405 mJ and a repetition rate of 100 Hz. At 250 Hz with the same pulse energy, the M-2 was better than 2.1. The radiation is frequency converted with an efficiency of 50\% to 532 nm. This MOPA system will be the pump laser of transmitters for a variety of high-end, scanning lidar systems. (C) 2005 Optical Society of America}, language = {en} } @book{OstermeyerKappeMenzeletal.2005, author = {Ostermeyer, Martin and Kappe, Philip and Menzel, Ralf and Sommer, S. and Dausinger, Friedrich}, title = {Laser drilling in thin materials with bursts of ns-pulses generated by stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS)}, year = {2005}, abstract = {A passively Q-switched laser with a nonlinear mirror on the basis of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS), generates bursts of pulses with a few 10 ns pulse duration and a separation between 20-90 mu s. Percussion drilling and trepanning are performed in different materials with 1 mm thickness. The optimum parameter set of these pulse trains with regard to the burr height and ablation rate is investigated. Differences in the processing results between single pulse and multi pulse structures are discussed. In addition the laser allowed for transiently mode locked operation. Results for mode locked and merely Q-switched operation were compared}, language = {en} } @book{HeuerHaenischOstermeyeretal.2002, author = {Heuer, Axel and H{\"a}nisch, Christoph and Ostermeyer, Martin and Menzel, Ralf}, title = {Low Power Threshold Phase Conjugating Mirrors by SBS in Yb-doped Fiber Amplifiers}, year = {2002}, language = {en} }