• DocumentCode
    3519131
  • Title

    High-average-power conductive-cooled diode-pumped Nd:YLF laser

  • Author

    Hirano, Yoshikuni ; Yanagisawa, Takufumi ; Ueno, Satoshi ; Kasahara, K. ; Uchino, O. ; Nagai, Takayuki ; Nagasawa, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Inf. Technol. R&D Center, Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Kanagawa, Japan
  • fYear
    1998
  • fDate
    3-8 May 1998
  • Firstpage
    103
  • Lastpage
    104
  • Abstract
    Summary form only given. We have demonstrated a 72 W average power conductive-cooled diode pumped Nd:LiYF/sub 4/ laser with optical efficiency of 43%. We believe this power and efficiency is high enough for almost spaceborne use.
  • Keywords
    aberrations; aerospace instrumentation; cooling; lithium compounds; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; 43 percent; 72 W; LiYF4:Nd; Nd:LiYF/sub 4/ laser; YLF:Nd; high-average-power conductive-cooled diode-pumped Nd:YLF laser; optical efficiency; spaceborne use; Diodes; Laser excitation; Optical diffraction; Optical distortion; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical retarders; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-339-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.1998.675924
  • Filename
    675924