Title : 
2 μm Diode pumped Tm:YAG laser with 180 mJ pulse energy
         
        
            Author : 
Heinrich, Adrienne ; Harlander, M. ; Bragagna, T. ; Hagen, Christian ; Nussbaumer, B.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Pantec Biosolutions AG, Ruggell, Liechtenstein
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper, we demonstrate a diode-pumped, monolithic Tm:YAG laser operating at 2 μm and generating 200 μs long pulses at 100 Hz with an energy of 180 mJ at room temperature.
         
        
            Keywords : 
laser beams; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; thulium; YAG:Tm; diode pumped Tm:YAG laser; energy 180 mJ; frequency 100 Hz; laser energy; long pulses; monolithic Tm:YAG laser; pulse energy; temperature 293 K to 298 K; time 200 mus; wavelength 2 mum; Diode lasers; Fiber lasers; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Semiconductor lasers;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/IQEC), 2013 Conference on and International Quantum Electronics Conference
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Munich
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4799-0593-5
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2013.6800667