Title :
Highly efficient, diode-bar-end-pumped Q-switched Nd:YAG laser with 11 W TEM/sub 00/ output
Author :
Nighan, W.L. ; Hutchinson, S.B. ; Dudley, D. ; Keirstead, M.S.
Author_Institution :
Spectra Phys. OEM Bus. Unit., Mountain View, CA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. In conclusion, we have demonstrated diode-bar-pumped Nd:YAG laser resonators with 11 W of polarized TEM/sub oo/ mode output power, both in cw and Q-switched modes. High optical efficiencies were achieved for fundamental mode operation in spite of the presence of large, pump-induced, nonparabolic phase aberrations and the presence of thermal birefringence.
Keywords :
Q-switching; aberrations; birefringence; laser modes; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; 11 W; Q-switched modes; TEM/sub 00/ output; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; cw modes; diode-bar-end-pumped Q-switched Nd:YAG laser; diode-bar-pumped Nd:YAG laser resonators; fundamental mode operation; high optical efficiencies; large pump-induced nonparabolic phase aberrations; polarized TEM/sub oo/ mode output power; Absorption; Diodes; Laser excitation; Laser fusion; Lenses; Optical pumping; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays;
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
