Diode-laser-array-pumped Nd:YAG thin slab laser

Dalwoo Kim; Wentao Hu; Xinglong Yan

doi:10.1117/12.328698

4 December 1998 Diode-laser-array-pumped Nd:YAG thin slab laser

Dalwoo Kim, Wentao Hu, Xinglong Yan

Proceedings Volume 3491, 1998 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology III: Closing the Gap between Theory, Development, and Applications; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.328698
Event: 1998 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology, 1998, Ottawa, Canada

Abstract

We set up a Nd:YAG slab laser and side-pumped with a 2D diode-laser array. The Nd:YAG slab is designed to oscillate with seven internal reflections per pass, and the entrance angle is adjusted to Brewster's angle to minimize the loss. The laser resonator consists of a 2 m radius-of-curvature concave high reflector and a flat output coupler. The diode- array is pulsed for 200 microsecond(s) ec at power of 300 W, and the pump energy of 48 mJ is coupled into the slab. By using an output coupler with transmission of 15.5%, maximum output energy of 8 mJ is obtained with a slope efficiency of 20.2%.

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Dalwoo Kim, Wentao Hu, and Xinglong Yan "Diode-laser-array-pumped Nd:YAG thin slab laser", Proc. SPIE 3491, 1998 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology III: Closing the Gap between Theory, Development, and Applications, (4 December 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.328698

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