• DocumentCode
    1663235
  • Title

    Lens-less edge-pumping high power single-mode Yb:YAG microchip laser

  • Author

    Kong, Weipeng ; Taira, Takunori

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Functional Mol. Sci., Grad. Univ. for Adv. Studies (Sokendai), Okazaki, Japan
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report the first demonstration of compact, single mode, multi-direction lens-less edge-pumped all-ceramic Yb:YAG microchip laser. The preliminary result of 9-direction pump, single-mode, 33.7 W CW out power is successfully obtained.
  • Keywords
    ceramics; laser mode locking; microchip lasers; optical pumping; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; 9-direction pump; CW out power; YAG:Yb; compact single mode multidirection lens-less edge-pumped all-ceramic microchip laser; high power single-mode microchip laser; power 33.7 W; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Microchip lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326009