62-W cw TEM00 Nd:YAG laser side-pumped by fiber-coupled diode lasers
- 1 February 1996
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 21 (3) , 210-212
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.21.000210
Abstract
We describe the laser performance and thermal properties of side-pumped Nd:YAG rod lasers that use fiber-coupled diode lasers as pump sources. Utilizing a nearly homogeneous pump light profile, we realize an output power of more than 60 W in TEM00 mode operation with optical-to-optical efficiencies of more than 25%. In multimode operation, optical slope efficiencies of more than 46% are observed.Keywords
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