300-W CW DIODE-LASER SIDE-PUMPED ND-YAG ROD LASER

被引:36
作者
GOLLA, D
KNOKE, S
SCHONE, W
ERNST, G
BODE, M
TUNNERMANN, A
WELLING, H
机构
[1] Laser Zentrum Hannover E.V., Hannover, D-30419
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10.1364/OL.20.001148
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We report on the laser performance and power scaling properties of diode-laser side-pumped Nd:YAG rod lasers operating at high cw output powers. Applying a pump power of 1100 W cw in a ninefold pump geometry, we obtain an output power of more than 300 W in multimode operation. For a comparable pump scheme an output power of more than 45 W in TEM(00) mode operation is realized with an optical-to-optical efficiency of more than 11%.
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