Title :
High efficiency cavity dumped Yb:YAG laser at room temperature
Author :
Matsubara, Shinichi ; Ueda, Tsutomu ; Inoue, Masahiro ; Tanaka, Motoharu ; Otani, Kazunori ; Kawato, Sakae ; Kobayashi, Takao
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng., Fukui Univ., Fukui
Abstract :
Highly efficient cavity dumping of Yb:YAG laser has been realized at room temperature with the optical to optical conversion efficiency of 72% for the absorbed pump power.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; yttrium compounds; YAG:Yb; absorbed pump power; cavity dumped laser; efficiency 72 percent; optical conversion efficiency; temperature 293 K to 298 K; Absorption; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Optical films; Optical pumping; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Temperature; Wavelength conversion; (140.3480) Lasers, diode pumped; (140.3580) Lasers, solid-state; (140.5680) Rare earth and transition metal solid-state lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628407
