Highly efficient diode-end-pumped Nd:YAG slab laser

Joachim Giesekus; Gunther Schmidt; Claus Schnitzler; Torsten Mans; Rolf Wester; Keming Du; Peter Loosen; Reinhart Poprawe

doi:10.1117/12.382753

14 April 2000 Highly efficient diode-end-pumped Nd:YAG slab laser

Joachim Giesekus, Gunther Schmidt, Claus Schnitzler, Torsten Mans, Rolf Wester, Keming Du, Peter Loosen, Reinhart Poprawe

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Proceedings Volume 3929, Solid State Lasers IX; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.382753
Event: Symposium on High-Power Lasers and Applications, 2000, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

High power diode pumped solid state lasers are auspicious sources for various applications in material processing. The solid state laser we report on is a Nd:YAG slab laser, that is partially end pumped from two ends by the line focus of two diode laser stacks. The pumped volume has a rectangular cross section. The resonator is configured, so that it is stable in the plane of small dimension and off axis unstable in the plane of large dimension of the gain cross section. Unlike conventional slab laser design, in which the laser beam takes zick zack path inside the slab crystal, in the present design the beam goes straight through the crystal with perpendicular end faces.

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Joachim Giesekus, Gunther Schmidt, Claus Schnitzler, Torsten Mans, Rolf Wester, Keming Du, Peter Loosen, and Reinhart Poprawe "Highly efficient diode-end-pumped Nd:YAG slab laser", Proc. SPIE 3929, Solid State Lasers IX, (14 April 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.382753

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