• DocumentCode
    1655560
  • Title

    Cryogenic, conduction cooled, end pumped, zigzag slab laser, suitable for power scaling

  • Author

    Ganija, Miftar ; Ottaway, David J. ; Veitch, Peter J. ; Munch, Jesper

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Thermo mechanical and thermo optical properties of Yb:YAG improve significantly at cryogenic temperatures. We present the first end pumped, zigzag slab Yb:YAG geometry, which is cryogenically conduction cooled, robust, and power scalable.
  • Keywords
    cryogenics; geometrical optics; optical pumping; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; conduction cooled laser; cryogenic laser; end pumped laser; power scaling; thermo mechanical properties; thermo optical properties; zigzag slab laser; Cooling; Cryogenics; Laser excitation; Pump lasers; Slabs; Stress;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325733