62-W cw TEM(00) Nd:YAG laser side-pumped by fiber-coupled diode lasers.

نویسندگان

  • D Golla
  • M Bode
  • S Knoke
  • W Schöne
  • A Tünnermann
چکیده

We describe the laser performance and thermal properties of side-pumped Nd:YAG rod lasers that use ibercoupled diode lasers as pump sources. Utilizing a nearly homogeneous pump light profile, we realize an output power of more than 60 W in TEM(00) mode operation with optical-to-optical efficiencies of more than 25%. In multimode operation, optical slope efficiencies of more than 46% are observed.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Optics letters

دوره 21 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1996