Power and energy scaling of a diode-end-pumped Nd:YLF laser through gain optimization

Christoph Bollig; Cobus Jacobs; Edward H. Bernhardi; Hubertus M. von Bergmann; Daniel Esser

doi:10.1364/OE.18.013993

Power and energy scaling of a diode-end-pumped Nd:YLF laser through gain optimization

Christoph Bollig^*, Cobus Jacobs, Edward H. Bernhardi, Hubertus M. von Bergmann, Daniel Esser

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Abstract

An end-pumped Nd:YLF laser was demonstrated, which delivered 60.3 W continuous-wave and more than 52 W Q-switched average power for all repetition rates from 5 to 30 kHz. To achieve this, an analytical solution to estimate and optimize the unsaturated gain in an end-pumped laser gain medium was derived. The approach presented here should open up the route for scaling end-pumped lasers to even higher power and energy levels. (C) 2010 Optical Society of America

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	13993-14003
Number of pages	11
Journal	Optics Express
Volume	18
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.013993
Publication status	Published - 21 Jun 2010

Keywords

SOLID-STATE LASERS
ND-YLF LASER
CRYSTALS
UP-CONVERSION
STIMULATED-EMISSION
TEM00 ND-YVO4 OSCILLATOR
EFFICIENT
LIFETIME
ABSORPTION
SLAB LASER

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Power and energy scaling of a diode-end-pumped Nd:YLF laser through gain optimization

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