Title :
High average power pico-second output from a diode-pumped Nd:YVO4bounce amplifier
Author :
Ojima, Yasukuni ; Goto, Masato ; Omatsu, Takashige
Author_Institution :
Department of Information and Image Sciences, Chiba University, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate a high average power pico-second laser system based on a continuous-wave diode pumped Nd:YVO4slab amplifier with a bounce geometry. With this system, a high quality pico-second output of > 10W was obtained.
Keywords :
Diodes; High power amplifiers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Optical amplifiers; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Slabs;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9242-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569522