Title :
Power scaling of cw diode-pumped Yb:KGW self-Raman laser
Author :
Dekker, Peter ; Dawes, Judith M. ; Burns, Phillip A. ; Pask, Helen M. ; Piper, James A. ; Omatsu, Takashige
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
Self-Raman-shifted (SRS) crystalline laser materials offer attractive simplicity for the development of multiwavelength, compact, all-solid-state sources. We report here results for the power scaling performance of Yb:KGW using a 15 W fibre-coupled diode operating at 980 nm.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; gadolinium compounds; optical materials; optical pumping; potassium compounds; solid lasers; ytterbium; 15 W; 980 nm; KGdW2O8:Yb; all-solid-state source; crystalline laser material; cw diode-pumped Yb:KGW self-Raman laser; fibre-coupled diode; power scaling; Bandwidth; Couplings; Crystalline materials; Diodes; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Optical materials; Power generation; Power lasers; Thermal loading;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7734-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312112
