Title :
Demonstration and analysis of a high power radiation balanced laser
Author :
Bowman, S.R. ; Connor, S.O. ; Biswal, S. ; Condon, N.J.
Author_Institution :
U.S. Naval Res. Lab., Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
Detrimental heating in a high power Yb:YAG laser was eliminated by incorporating anti-Stokes optical cooling.
Keywords :
heat treatment; laser cooling; solid lasers; ytterbium; YAG:Yb; antiStokes optical cooling; detrimental heating; high power radiation balanced laser; Heating; Laser excitation; Loading; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Thermal loading;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
