DocumentCode
2920895
Title
Sapphire end-cooling of high-power cryogenic Yb:YAG disk laser
Author
Tokita, Shigeki ; Kawanaka, Junji ; Fujita, Masayuki ; Kawashima, Toshiyuki ; Izawa, Yasukazu
Author_Institution
Osaka University, Japan; stokita@ile.osaka-u.ac.jp
fYear
2005
fDate
30-02 Aug. 2005
Firstpage
273
Lastpage
274
Abstract
We have demonstrated a high-power laser oscillator with end-cooling using a sapphire-sandwiched sapphire-sandwiched sapphire-sandwiched Yb:YAG disk at liquid nitrogen temperature. An output power of 75 W with near-diffraction-limited beam was obtained from a 0.6-mm thick active medium.
Keywords
Cooling; Cryogenics; Crystals; Laser excitation; Nitrogen; Optical pumping; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Temperature; Thermal conductivity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-9242-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569414
Filename
1569414
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