Title :
Brightness double and single rod Nd:YAG laser oscillators with up to 180 W and M/sup 2/<1.2
Author :
Ostermeyer, M. ; Klemz, G. ; Heuer, A. ; Menzel, R.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Phys., Univ. of Potsdam, Germany
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Our Nd:YAG double rod laser system provides a maximum average output power of 180 W with a beam propagation factor of M/sup 2/ < 1.2. It is quasi cw diode pumped with a repetition rate of around 1 kHz and a pump pulse length of 250 μs.
Keywords :
brightness; laser beams; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; 180 W; 250 mus; Nd:YAG double rod laser system; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; beam propagation factor; beam quality; brightness; maximum average output power; pump pulse length; quasi cw diode pumped; repetition rate; Brightness; Laser beams; Laser transitions; Optical interferometry; Optical resonators; Oscillators; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033583
