Title :
Self-adaptive aberration correction in a 33 W laser oscillator
Author :
Thompson, Benjamin A. ; Minassian, Ara ; Damzen, M.J.
Author_Institution :
The Blackett Lab., Imperial Coll., London, UK
Abstract :
In this paper we present a self-adaptive laser oscillator with higher output powers, and also show the correction of further intracavity aberrations by the inclusion of a further amplifier to give output powers up to 33 W from a total of 103 W of diode pumping. The adaptive nature of the cavity successfully corrects for severe thermal lensing within the gain medium, and the use of image-relay optics enables the system to run over a wide range of diode pump powers.
Keywords :
aberrations; laser cavity resonators; optical images; optical pumping; solid lasers; thermal lensing; 103 W; 33 W; amplifier; diode pumping; gain medium; image-relay optics; intracavity aberration; laser oscillator; self-adaptive system; thermal lensing; Diodes; High power amplifiers; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Oscillators; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Thermal lensing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7734-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312390
