High-power, fundamental mode Nd:YALO laser using a phase-conjugate resonator based on SBS

Author

Ostermeyer, M. ; Hodgson, N. ; Menzel, R.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Phys., Potsdam Univ., Germany

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

355

Abstract

Summary form only given. We report high-power fundamental mode operation of a flash-lamp pumped Nd:YAlO/sub 3/ (Nd:YALO) rod SBS laser oscillator providing a maximum average output power of 50 W. An SBS cell containing SF/sub 6/ at 21 bars was incorporated into a special laser resonator design that enables one to completely fill the laser rod with the Gaussian beam, independent of the pump power.

Keywords

flash lamps; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; neodymium; optical phase conjugation; optical pumping; solid lasers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; yttrium compounds; 21 bar; 50 W; Gaussian beam; Nd:YALO laser; SBS; SBS cell; SBS laser oscillator; SF/sub 6/; YAlO/sub 3/:Nd; flash-lamp pumped Nd:YAlO/sub 3/ laser; fundamental mode; high-power; high-power fundamental mode operation; laser resonator design; maximum average output power; phase-conjugate resonator; pump power; Brillouin scattering; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Oscillators; Power generation; Power lasers; Power measurement; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Surface emitting 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.1998.676293

Filename

676293