Development of a 25 W TEM00 diode-pumped Nd : YLF laser

Authors
Armstrong, M Zhu, X Gracewski, S Miller, RJD
Citation
M. Armstrong et al., Development of a 25 W TEM00 diode-pumped Nd : YLF laser, OPT COMMUN, 169(1-6), 1999, pp. 141-148
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN journal
00304018 → ACNP
Volume
169
Issue
1-6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
141 - 148
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(19991001)169:1-6<141:DOA2WT>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
We report the design and the operation of a novel two-head, side-pumped Nd: YLF laser that generates up to 25 W TEM00 output power at 1.053 mu m. The a nisotropic thermal lensing of each laser head has been examined and compens ated with cylindrical lenses. The output power of this two-head laser exhib its excellent dynamic range with a typical optical-optical conversion effic iency of 18%. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.