HIGH-POWER CONTINUOUS-WAVE DIODE-LASER-PUMPED ND-YAG LASER

被引:25
作者
GOLLA, D
KNOKE, S
SCHONE, W
TUNNERMANN, A
SCHMIDT, H
机构
[1] Laser Zentrum Hannover e. V., Hannover, D-30419
来源
APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS | 1994年 / 58卷 / 05期
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D O I
10.1007/BF01081878
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report on a diode-laser-pumped cw Nd:YAG laser operating at a power level of 150 W. By using a transverse pump geometry, the radiation of 54 diode lasers with an output power of 10 W each is coupled into a Nd:YAG rod. In multimode operation, an optical slope efficiency of 32% and an optical to optical efficiency of 29% are obtained. In TEM00 operation, an output power of more than 30 W is realized with an optical to optical efficiency of 10%.
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页码:389 / 392
页数:4
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