400-MW CONTINUOUS-WAVE DIODE-PUMPED CR-LISAF LASER-BASED ON A POWER-SCALABLE CONCEPT

Authors
KOPF D DERAU JA KELLER U BONA GL ROENTGEN P
Citation
D. Kopf et al., 400-MW CONTINUOUS-WAVE DIODE-PUMPED CR-LISAF LASER-BASED ON A POWER-SCALABLE CONCEPT, Optics letters, 20(17), 1995, pp. 1782-1784
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
20
Issue
17
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1782 - 1784
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1995)20:17<1782:4CDCLO>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A high-power diode-pumped Cr-doped LiSrAlF6 (Cr:LiSAF) laser with an o utput power of 400 mW cw is experimentally demonstrated. The power-sca lable concept involving at least one cylindrical cavity mirror is disc ussed with respect to mode-matching requirements and thermal limitatio ns. Simple arguments indicate that our approach allows one to scale th e output power of a Cr:LiSAF laser to the multiwatt level. further sup ported by a comparison with other high-power concepts for diode-pumped solid-state lasers. (C) 1995 Optical Society of America