Title :
High-power end-pumped Nd:YLF laser without lifetime quenching
Author :
Bollig, Christoph ; Jacobs, Cobus ; Von Bergmann, Hubertus M. ; Esser, M. J Daniel
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Stellenbosch Univ., South Africa
Abstract :
In this paper, we demonstrate the power scaling of an end-pumped Nd:YLF laser to compensate for the astigmatic thermal lens and Q-switched laser performance without any sign of lifetime quenching is presented.
Keywords :
Q-switching; aberrations; lithium compounds; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; thermal lensing; yttrium compounds; LiYF4:Nd; YLF:Nd; astigmatic thermal lens; high-power end-pumped Nd:YLF laser; laser Q-switching performance; laser power scaling; lifetime quenching; Africa; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Lenses; Optical pulses; Polarization; Pump lasers; Thermal lensing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8974-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1567803
