Development of a 25 W TEM00 diode-pumped Nd:YLF laser

被引：1
作者：
Armstrong, M
Zhu, X
Gracewski, S
Miller, RJD
机构：
[1] Univ Toronto, Dept Phys, Toronto, ON M5S 1A7, Canada
[2] Univ Toronto, Dept Chem, Toronto, ON M5S 1A7, Canada
[3] Univ Rochester, Dept Mech Engn, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
[4] NRC, Integrated Mfg Technol Inst, Ottawa, ON, Canada
[5] Univ Rochester, Dept Phys & Astron, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
来源：
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS | 1999年 / 169卷 / 1-6期
基金：
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
关键词：
diode-pumped laser; high power laser; thermal lensing; Nd : YLF;
D O I：
10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00399-5
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
We report the design and the operation of a novel two-head, side-pumped Nd:YLF laser that generates up to 25 W TEM00 output power at 1.053 mu m. The anisotropic thermal lensing of each laser head has been examined and compensated with cylindrical lenses. The output power of this two-head laser exhibits excellent dynamic range with a typical optical-optical conversion efficiency of 18%. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码：141 / 148
页数：8
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