High-average-power Nd:YAG planar waveguide laser that is face pumped by 10 laser diode bars
Optics Letters, Vol. 27, Issue 7, pp. 524-526 (2002)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.27.000524
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Abstract
A planar waveguide Nd:YAG laser is pumped with 430 W of power from 10 laser diode bars to produce a multimode output power of 150 W at an optical efficiency of 35%. Use of a hybrid resonator of the positive-branch confocal unstable type for the lateral axis and of one of the near–case I waveguide type for the transverse axis increased the laser brightness by a factor of ∼26 with only 12% less power than in the multimode case.
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OCIS Codes
(140.3460) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers
(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
(230.7370) Optical devices : Waveguides
(230.7390) Optical devices : Waveguides, planar
Citation
J. R. Lee, H. J. Baker, G. J. Friel, G. J. Hilton, and D. R. Hall, "High-average-power Nd:YAG planar waveguide laser that is face pumped by 10 laser diode bars," Opt. Lett. 27, 524-526 (2002)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-27-7-524
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