Title :
Diode-pumped high-power micro-thickness Yb:YAG slab laser with high beam quality
Author :
Sueda, Keiichi ; Tachibana, Yuta ; Kawato, Sakae ; Kobayashi, Takao
Author_Institution :
Fukui Industrial Support Center, Japan; sueda@vcnet.fukui.fukui.jp
Abstract :
A high power and high beam quality Yb:YAG oscillator has been developed using a micro-thickness slab structure. A cw output power of 152W was obtained with a beam quality factor of M2< 2.
Keywords :
Absorption; Cooling; Diffusion bonding; Diodes; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Slabs; Water heating;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9242-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569550