Title :
50-W cw diode-pumped MOPA
Author_Institution :
Light Solutions Corp., Acton, MA, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Power scaling of cw diode-pumped Nd:YAG lasers has been limited by birefringence and thermal lensing. Slab geometries have largely overcome these difficulties but are rather complex and do not easily lend themselves to producing short-pulse Q-switched output, which is desirable for nonlinear conversion. We present a scalable cw pumped architecture producing 50 W cw output from a master oscillator power amplifier approach.
Keywords :
Q-switching; birefringence; geometry; neodymium; optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; solid lasers; 50 W; Nd:YAG lasers; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; birefringence; cw diode-pumped MOPA; cw output; master oscillator power amplifier; nonlinear conversion; power scaling; scalable cw pumped architecture; short-pulse Q-switched output; slab geometries; thermal lensing; Bars; Diodes; Fiber lasers; Neodymium; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
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
