High power CW diode-side-pumped Nd:YAG rod laser
Chinese Optics Letters, Vol. 1, Issue 9, pp. 541-543 (2003)
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Abstract
We report on the characterization of a diode-side-pumped Nd:YAG rod laser operating at high CW output power. A four-fold pump configuration is designed and the pump light is directly coupled into the Nd:YAG rod without the help of any cylindrical lenses. The distribution of pump light in the Nd:YAG rod has been calculated by using ray tracing program. The thermal lens effect of the Nd:YAG rod has been experimentally measured. A maximum output power of 800 W at 1064 nm in multimode operation is obtained for a pump power of 2400 W with 33% optical-optical efficiency. At the same time, the maximum beam parameter product of 25 mm·mrad is achieved.
© 2005 Chinese Optics Letters
OCIS Codes
(140.0140) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers and laser optics
(140.3480) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, diode-pumped
(140.3530) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, neodymium
(140.3580) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, solid-state
Citation
Hailin Wang, Weiling Huang, Zhuoyou Zhou, and Hongbing Cao, "High power CW diode-side-pumped Nd:YAG rod laser," Chin. Opt. Lett. 1, 541-543 (2003)
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