300-W cw diode-laser side-pumped Nd:YAG rod laser

We report on the laser performance and power scaling properties of diode-laser side-pumped Nd:YAG rod lasers operating at high cw output powers. Applying a pump power of 1100 W cw in a ninefold pump geometry, we obtain an output power of more than 300 W in multimode operation. For a comparable pump...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Optics Letters 1995-05, Vol.20 (10), p.1148-1150
Hauptverfasser:	Golla, D, Knoke, S, Schöne, W, Ernst, G, Bode, M, Tünnermann, A, Welling, H
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	EFFICIENCY ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES INFRARED RADIATION NEODYMIUM LASERS POWER RANGE 10-100 W POWER RANGE 100-1000 W
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Zusammenfassung:	We report on the laser performance and power scaling properties of diode-laser side-pumped Nd:YAG rod lasers operating at high cw output powers. Applying a pump power of 1100 W cw in a ninefold pump geometry, we obtain an output power of more than 300 W in multimode operation. For a comparable pump scheme an output power of more than 45 W in TEM(00) mode operation is realized with an optical-to-optical efficiency of more than 11%.
ISSN:	0146-9592 1539-4794
DOI:	10.1364/OL.20.001148