[HTML][HTML] Laser ignition-Spark plug development and application in reciprocating engines

N Pavel, M Bärwinkel, P Heinz, D Brüggemann… - Progress in Quantum …, 2018 - Elsevier
Combustion is one of the most dominant energy conversion processes used in all areas of
human life, but global concerns over exhaust gas pollution and greenhouse gas emission …

Composite, all-ceramics, high-peak power Nd:YAG/Cr4+:YAG monolithic micro-laser with multiple-beam output for engine ignition

N Pavel, M Tsunekane, T Taira - Optics express, 2011 - opg.optica.org
A passively Q-switched Nd: YAG/Cr^ 4+: YAG micro-laser with three-beam output was
realized. A single active laser source made of a composite, all-ceramics Nd: YAG/Cr^ 4+ …

LGYSB: Nd─ High-Performance Lasing in the Near-Infrared Region

A Broasca, M Greculeasa, F Voicu, S Hau… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Three incongruent melting La w Nd x Gd y Y z Sc4–w–x–y–z (BO3) 4 (LGYSB: Nd) crystals
with different Y concentrations (z= 0.15, 0.05, and 0.025) have been grown by the …

Ignition of an automobile engine by high-peak power Nd:YAG/Cr4+:YAG laser-spark devices

N Pavel, T Dascalu, G Salamu, M Dinca, N Boicea… - Optics express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
Laser sparks that were built with high-peak power passively Q-switched Nd: YAG/Cr^ 4+:
YAG lasers have been used to operate a Renault automobile engine. The design of such a …

High peak power, passively Q-switched Yb: YAG/Cr: YAG micro-lasers

M Tsunekane, T Taira - IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A high peak power (> MW), passively Q-switched Yb: YAG/Cr: YAG micro-laser end-pumped
by fiber-coupled 120-W QCW LDs (Repetition rate<; 100 Hz) is developed. The convex …

High-peak power, passively Q-switched, composite, all-polycrystalline ceramic Nd: YAG/Cr4+: YAG lasers

O Sandu, G Salamu, N Pavel, T Dascalu… - Quantum …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
High-peak power, passively Q-switched, composite Nd: YAG/Cr 4+: YAG lasers consisting of
all-polycrystalline bonded Nd: YAG and Cr 4+: YAG ceramics are developed, and two …

Diode pumped passively Q-switched Nd: YAG/Cr: YAG solid-state lasers with a stable output of millijoules at 1064 nm over a wide temperature range

Y Fan, C Zah, D Wu, C Gao, Y Li… - … and Packaging for Laser …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Passively Q-switched solid-state laser is potentially a very advantageous light source for
automotive LiDAR application. The key challenge is the ability of wide temperature range …

Gold nanorods as a saturable absorber for passively Q-switching Nd: YAG lasers at 1064.3 and 1112 nm

T Song, C Feng, X Chen, Q Wang, G Qin… - Laser Physics …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Based on gold nanorods as saturable absorbers, diode-end-pumped passively Q-switched
Nd: YAG lasers at 1064.3 and 1112 nm were demonstrated. In the 1064.3 nm laser, the …

Reducing temperature dependence of the output energy of a quasi-continuous wave diode-pumped Nd: YAG laser

K Lee, Y Kim, S Lee, JH Kwon, JS Gwak, J Yi - Applied Optics, 2013 - opg.optica.org
It is demonstrated by numerical modeling that spectrally dispersed compound pumping
diodes and low-loss pumping chamber reduced the temperature dependence of the output …

Single diode-pumped, 1.7 ns microchip laser by Nd:YAG/Cr4+:YAG composite crystal

JY Meng, HX Wang - Laser Physics, 2011 - Springer
A single diode-pumped passively Q-switched composite Nd: YAG/Cr 4+: YAG laser, which
cavity mirrors were deposited directly onto the crystal, was demonstrated in this paper. At the …