HIGH-POWER CONTINUOUS-WAVE DIODE-LASER-PUMPED ND-YAG LASER

Authors
GOLLA D KNOKE S SCHONE W TUNNERMANN A SCHMIDT H
Citation
D. Golla et al., HIGH-POWER CONTINUOUS-WAVE DIODE-LASER-PUMPED ND-YAG LASER, Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics, 58(5), 1994, pp. 389-392
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied",Optics
Journal title
Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
09462171
Volume
58
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
389 - 392
Database
ISI
SICI code
0946-2171(1994)58:5<389:HCDNL>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We report on a diode-laser-pumped cw Nd:YAG laser operating at a power level of 150 W. By using a transverse pump geometry, the radiation of 54 diode lasers with an output power of 10 W each is coupled into a N d:YAG rod. In multimode operation, an optical slope efficiency of 32% and an optical to optical efficiency of 29% are obtained. In TEM00 ope ration, an output power of more than 30 W is realized with an optical to optical efficiency of 10%.