Design of laser system for Subaru LGS AO

Yutaka Hayano; Yoshihiko Saito; Norihito Saito; Kazuyuki Akagawa; Yukiko Kamata; Tomio Kanzawa; Tomio Kurakami; Naruhisa Takato; Stephen Colley; Michael Eldred; Thomas Kane; Olivier Guyon; Shin Oya; Makoto Watanabe; Masayuki Hattori; Taras Golota; Matthew Dinkins; Naoto Kobayashi; Yosuke Minowa; Miwa Goto; Nobuo Arimoto; Satoshi Wada; Hideki Takami; Masanori Iye

doi:10.1117/12.551015

25 October 2004 Design of laser system for Subaru LGS AO

Yutaka Hayano, Yoshihiko Saito, Norihito Saito, Kazuyuki Akagawa, Yukiko Kamata, Tomio Kanzawa, Tomio Kurakami, Naruhisa Takato, Stephen Colley, Michael Eldred, Thomas Kane, Olivier Guyon, Shin Oya, Makoto Watanabe, Masayuki Hattori, Taras Golota, Matthew Dinkins, Naoto Kobayashi, Yosuke Minowa, Miwa Goto, Nobuo Arimoto, Satoshi Wada, Hideki Takami, Masanori Iye

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Proceedings Volume 5490, Advancements in Adaptive Optics; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551015
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Abstract

We present the development status of the laser system for Subaru Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics System. We are manufacturing the quasi-continuous-wave sum frequency laser as a prototype. The optical efficiency of sum frequency generation normalized by the mode-locked fundamental YAG (1064 nm) laser output power is achieved to be 14 % using the non-linear crystal, periodically poled potassium titanyl phosphate (PPKTP). Output power at sodium D2 line was about 260 mW. The optical relay fiber and the laser launching telescope are also described in this paper. For the optical relay fiber, we are testing an index guided photonic crystal fiber (PCF), whose core material is filled by fused silica, and whose clad has close-packed air holes in two dimension. The coupling efficiency was evaluated as about 80 % using 1mW He-Ne laser. We introduce the design of laser launching telescope (LLT), which is a copy of VLT laser launching telescope, and the interface to the Subaru Telescope.

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Yutaka Hayano, Yoshihiko Saito, Norihito Saito, Kazuyuki Akagawa, Yukiko Kamata, Tomio Kanzawa, Tomio Kurakami, Naruhisa Takato, Stephen Colley, Michael Eldred, Thomas Kane, Olivier Guyon, Shin Oya, Makoto Watanabe, Masayuki Hattori, Taras Golota, Matthew Dinkins, Naoto Kobayashi, Yosuke Minowa, Miwa Goto, Nobuo Arimoto, Satoshi Wada, Hideki Takami, and Masanori Iye "Design of laser system for Subaru LGS AO", Proc. SPIE 5490, Advancements in Adaptive Optics, (25 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551015

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