Title :
High-power, fundamental mode Nd:YALO laser using a phase-conjugate resonator based on SBS
Author :
Ostermeyer, M. ; Hodgson, N. ; Menzel, R.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Phys., Potsdam Univ., Germany
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We report high-power fundamental mode operation of a flash-lamp pumped Nd:YAlO/sub 3/ (Nd:YALO) rod SBS laser oscillator providing a maximum average output power of 50 W. An SBS cell containing SF/sub 6/ at 21 bars was incorporated into a special laser resonator design that enables one to completely fill the laser rod with the Gaussian beam, independent of the pump power.
Keywords :
flash lamps; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; neodymium; optical phase conjugation; optical pumping; solid lasers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; yttrium compounds; 21 bar; 50 W; Gaussian beam; Nd:YALO laser; SBS; SBS cell; SBS laser oscillator; SF/sub 6/; YAlO/sub 3/:Nd; flash-lamp pumped Nd:YAlO/sub 3/ laser; fundamental mode; high-power; high-power fundamental mode operation; laser resonator design; maximum average output power; phase-conjugate resonator; pump power; Brillouin scattering; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Oscillators; Power generation; Power lasers; Power measurement; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-339-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1998.676293
