• DocumentCode
    3150418
  • 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
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    22-27 June 2003
  • Firstpage
    50
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7734-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312112
  • Filename
    1312112
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3150418