DocumentCode
2264355
Title
Brightness double and single rod Nd:YAG laser oscillators with up to 180 W and M/sup 2/<1.2
Author
Ostermeyer, M. ; Klemz, G. ; Heuer, A. ; Menzel, R.
Author_Institution
Inst. of Phys., Univ. of Potsdam, Germany
fYear
2002
fDate
24-24 May 2002
Abstract
Summary form only given. Our Nd:YAG double rod laser system provides a maximum average output power of 180 W with a beam propagation factor of M/sup 2/ < 1.2. It is quasi cw diode pumped with a repetition rate of around 1 kHz and a pump pulse length of 250 μs.
Keywords
brightness; laser beams; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; 180 W; 250 mus; Nd:YAG double rod laser system; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; beam propagation factor; beam quality; brightness; maximum average output power; pump pulse length; quasi cw diode pumped; repetition rate; Brightness; Laser beams; Laser transitions; Optical interferometry; Optical resonators; Oscillators; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-706-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033583
Filename
1033583
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