Operation of a 33-W, continuous-wave, self-adaptive, solid-state laser oscillator

被引：11

作者：

Thompson, BA ^{[1
]}

Minassian, A ^{[1
]}

Damzen, MJ ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci Technol & Med, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2BW, England

来源：

JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS | 2003年 / 20卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1364/JOSAB.20.000857

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We demonstrate a cw, diode-pumped-Nd:YVO4 laser oscillator in a self-starting, adaptive loop configuration producing 20 W of phase-conjugate output for 66 W of diode pumping. The beam quality is TEM00 with a beam quality factor M-2 similar or equal to 1.1 despite strong thermally-induced lensing in the amplifier. An additional amplifier was introduced inside the adaptive oscillator, scaling the power to 33 W of phase-conjugate output with a total diode-pumping power of 103 W. A discussion is presented of the cavity stability and optimization of the phase-conjugation efficiency, including the use of relay-imaging optics. (C) 2003 Optical Society of America.

引用

页码：857 / 862

页数：6

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