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High-average-power Nd:YAG planar waveguide laser that is face pumped by 10 laser diode bars
- Source :
- Optics Letters; April 2002, Vol. 27 Issue: 7 p524-526, 3p
- Publication Year :
- 2002
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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.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01469592 and 15394794
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Optics Letters
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs20953652