A 100 W, edge-pumped, conduction-cooled Nd:YAG zig-zag slab laser with low thermal distortion

Author

Rutherford, T.S. ; Tulloch, W.M. ; Gustafson, E.K. ; Byer, Robert L.

Author_Institution

Edward L. Ginzton Lab., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

fYear

1999

fDate

28-28 May 1999

Firstpage

31

Lastpage

32

Abstract

Summary form only given. We have developed a zig-zag slab laser design based on conduction-cooling and a novel pumping geometry called edge-pumping. The edge-pumping geometry decouples the cooling and optical pumping interfaces, simplifying the laser head design. Other advantages include low thermal distortion, efficient pump absorption, conduction-cooling, and scalability.

Keywords

laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser cooling; laser modes; laser variables measurement; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; 100 W; 104 W; Nd:YAG laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; conduction-cooling; cooling; edge-pumped conduction-cooled zig-zag slab laser; edge-pumping; edge-pumping geometry; efficient pump absorption; laser head design; low thermal distortion; optical pumping interfaces; pumping geometry; scalability; thermal distortion; zig-zag slab laser; zig-zag slab laser design; Cooling; Geometrical optics; Laser excitation; Laser noise; Optical design; Optical distortion; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Slabs; Thermal conductivity;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-595-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1999.833838

Filename

833838