DocumentCode
3725943
Title
High average power picosecond sapphire face-cooled Nd :YVO4 bounce laser system
Author
Maya Kowa;Masashi Abe;Katsuhiko Miyamoto;Takashige Omatsu
Author_Institution
Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi-cho, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8522, Japan
Volume
2
fYear
2015
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We developed a high average power, diffraction-limited (M2~1.1) picosecond laser system formed of a sapphire face-cooled Nd:YVO4 slab amplifier with a multi-pass geometry. Average output power of 46.4 W was obtained at an optical-optical efficiency of 56%.
Keywords
"Laser beams","Slabs","Laser excitation","Power amplifiers","Lenses","Power generation","Geometry"
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2015 11th Conference on
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOPR.2015.7375935
Filename
7375935
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