Symmetric TEM<sub>00</sub> output from Q-switched quasi-concentric laser resonator with line-shaped end-pumping profile

doi:10.1364/OE.18.021047

Symmetric TEM₀₀ output from Q-switched quasi-concentric laser resonator with line-shaped end-pumping profile

Xing Fu, Qiang Liu, Xingpeng Yan, Qi Wang, and Mali Gong »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 20, pp. 21047-21052 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.021047

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Abstract

We report a 12.2 W pulsed TEM₀₀ output from Q-switched quasi-concentric laser resonator with line-shaped end-pumping profile, with the repetition rate of 30 kHz and optical-optical efficiency of 27.1%. The laser output mode is symmetrized in two directions in terms of beam quality, waist radius, and waist position.

OCIS Codes
(140.3480) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, diode-pumped
(140.3530) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, neodymium
(140.3540) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, Q-switched

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Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: July 19, 2010
Revised Manuscript: August 24, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: September 12, 2010
Published: September 20, 2010

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Xing Fu, Qiang Liu, Xingpeng Yan, Qi Wang, and Mali Gong, "Symmetric TEM₀₀ output from Q-switched quasi-concentric laser resonator with line-shaped end-pumping profile," Opt. Express 18, 21047-21052 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-20-21047

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