• DocumentCode
    2056521
  • Title

    High energy diode pumped Er:YSGG laser at 3µm transition

  • Author

    Arbabzadah, E.A. ; Chard, S.P. ; Amrania, H. ; Phillips, C.C. ; Damzen, M.J.

  • Author_Institution
    Blackett Lab., Imperial Coll. London, London, UK
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    22-26 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    In this work we report operation of a quasicontinuous wave (QCW) diode pumped 30 at. % Er:YSGG laser in the bounce geometry, yielding pulse energies of up to 41mJ and a slope efficiency of 12.6%.
  • Keywords
    erbium; laser beams; optical pumping; scandium compounds; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; Y3Sc2Ga3O12:Er; bounce geometry; high energy diode pumped laser; pulse energies; quasicontinuous wave laser; slope efficiency; wavelength 3 mum; yttrium scandium gallium garnet;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • ISSN
    Pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0533-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    Pending
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942534
  • Filename
    5942534