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To Do
Short Term
- Design crystal mount
- Modify diode mount for water cooling
- Build crystal mount
Long Term
- Assemble Ti:sapph laser
- Build box for Ti:sapph laser
Theory
- Work through Raman System Effective Hamiltonian calculations
To Buy
- Blocks of Al and Cu for crystal mount
- Water blocks for diode and crystal mounts
- Water chiller & accessories (tubing, etc.)
- Ti:sapph cavity mirrors
- Ti:sapph cavity saturable absorber
- Ti:sapph extracavity optics
- Blue optics (cylindrical-lens telescope)
Log
6/11/2015
- Decided we probably don't need an intracavity isolator for the Ti:sapph laser. The output coupler will provide enough asymmetry to force lasing in the correct direction.
- Sent email to Layertec requesting quote for Ti:sapph cavity mirrors.
- Talked to Zach about design for Ti:sapph crystal mount. Decided on basic design using water block, possibly from here. Crystal should probably be wrapped in thin indium foil for better contact with copper. Also talked about cutting a "channel" out of the diode laser aluminum block to add a similar water block below the TEC.