Title :
Air-cooled diode-end-pumped Nd:YLF MOPA
Author :
Feugnet, G. ; Brignon, Arnaud ; Larat, Christian ; Rolly, D. ; Schwarz, Mathias ; Pocholle, J.P. ; Lallier, Eric
Author_Institution :
Corp. Res. Lab., Thomson-CSF, Orsay, France
Abstract :
Summary form only. Diode-pumped lasers have the potential of high efficiency, compactness and air-cooling. As an example, a 30 mJ diode-end-pumped air-cooled Nd:YAG master oscillator power amplifier (MOPA) (now commercially available from Thomson-CSF Laser as DIVA) has previously been reported. The oscillator and the amplifier used the same pumping head, each made of a 1-kW-peak-power high-brightness stack coupled to a Nd:YAG crystal by a lens duct. We give an example using Nd:LiYF/sub 4/ as the active crystal.
Keywords :
cooling; lithium compounds; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; 1 W; 30 mJ; LiYF4:Nd; Nd:YAG crystal; Nd:YLF MOPA; Thomson-CSF Laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; YLF:Nd; air-cooled; air-cooling; compactness; diode-end-pumped; diode-end-pumped air-cooled Nd:YAG master oscillator power amplifier; diode-pumped lasers; high efficiency; high-brightness stack; lens duct; pumping head; Diodes; Indium tin oxide; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Lenses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Space technology; Thermal lensing; X-ray lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nice
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6319-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2000.909995
