200 W continuous-wave TEM/sub 00/ mode 1064-nm beam generation by a laser-diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser amplifier

Author

Konno, S. ; Fujikawa, S. ; Yasui, K.

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

420

Lastpage

421

Abstract

Summary form only given. The advent of high-power laser diode-pumped solid-state lasers has significantly enhanced efficiency, brightness, and reliability of diode-pumped solid-state lasers. High average power, continuous-wave TEM/sub 00/ mode beam sources are of interest in many industrial and scientific fields. Frequency converted ultraviolet or visible Q-pulse TEM/sub 00/ mode beam sources are in particular, attractive in information technology field for drilling or trimming of printed circuit boards. Although, various attractive continuous-wave TEM/sub 00/ mode beam sources have been reported, average output power of these systems is limited at the level of 100 W. In this work, we have enhanced the output power of continuous-wave TEM/sub 00/ mode up to 200 W by use of a Nd:YAG laser amplifier system. This is what we believe the highest number obtained with diode-pumped solid-state laser systems.

Keywords

brightness; laser beams; laser modes; laser reliability; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; 200 W; Nd:YAG laser amplifier system; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; average output power; brightness; continuous-wave TEM/sub 00/ mode 1064-nm beam generation; high average power; high-power laser diode-pumped solid-state lasers; laser-diode pumped Nd:YAG laser amplifier; reliability; Brightness; Diodes; Drilling; Frequency conversion; Information technology; Laser beams; Laser modes; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Solid lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.947995

Filename

947995