DocumentCode
354998
Title
High-power 2-/spl mu/m wing-pumped Tm:YAG laser
Author
Beach, R.J. ; Sutton, S.B. ; Skidmore, J.A. ; Emanuel, M.A.
Author_Institution
Lawrence Livermore Nat. Lab., CA, USA
fYear
1996
fDate
2-7 June 1996
Firstpage
319
Lastpage
320
Abstract
Summary form only given. Using the scalable diode end-pumping technology previously developed at LLNL we have built and demonstrated a 2 /spl mu/m Tm/sup 3+/:YAG laser system capable of generating 26 W of cw output power.
Keywords
infrared sources; laser transitions; optical pumping; solid lasers; thulium; 2 mum; 26 W; Tm/sup 3+/:YAG laser system; YAG:Tm; YAl5O12:Tm; cw output power; high-power lasers; scalable diode end-pumping technology; wing-pumped Tm:YAG laser; Brillouin scattering; Laser beams; Lenses; Mirrors; Optical control; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse compression methods; Space vector pulse width modulation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-443-2
Type
conf
Filename
864734
Link To Document