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Nd:YAG laser/KTiOAsO4 (KTA) OPO system for laser ultrasound measurements on carbon-fiber-reinforced composite materials

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We report on a 3.3 μm laser/optical parametric oscillator system with 4.7 mJ pulse energy for laser ultrasound measurements of carbon-fiber-reinforced materials. The OPO was pumped by a compact diode-pumped Nd:YAG master-oscillator power-amplifier system with two amplifier stages. First results of laser ultrasound measurements are presented.

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The authors thank EADS Innovation Works (Munich) for providing laboratory facilities and equipment as well as Airbus (Bremen) and EADS for financial support.

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  1. DLR Institute of Technical Physics, Pfaffenwaldring 38-40, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany

    Peter Mahnke

  2. BIAS, Klagenfurter Str. 2, 28359, Bremen, Germany

    Philipp Huke

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Peter Peuser is retired and formerly worked for EADS Innovation Works, IW-SI, P.O. Box 800465, 81663 München, Germany.

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Mahnke, P., Peuser, P. & Huke, P. Nd:YAG laser/KTiOAsO4 (KTA) OPO system for laser ultrasound measurements on carbon-fiber-reinforced composite materials. Appl. Phys. B 116, 333–338 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-013-5696-7

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