DocumentCode :
355246
Title :
1-W cw diode-pumped Cr:LiSAF laser
Author :
Kopf, D. ; Keller, Ulrich ; Emanuel, M.A. ; Beach, R.J. ; Skidmore, J.A.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Quantum Electron., Swiss Federal Inst. of Technol., Zurich, Switzerland
fYear :
1996
fDate :
2-7 June 1996
Firstpage :
503
Abstract :
Summary form only given. We demonstrate a diode-pumped Cr:LiSAF laser with a pure (not quasi) cw output power of 1.1 W. This is to our knowledge the highest reported average output power from a Cr:LiSAF laser. We show that optimized mode-matching of the pump and lasing mode and efficient cooling can lead to output powers in the 1 W range, despite Cr:LiSAF´s thermal properties and the nondiffraction-limited pump beams of high-power diode lasers.
Keywords :
chromium; laser modes; optical pumping; solid lasers; 1.1 W; CW Cr:LiSAF laser; LiSrAlF/sub 6/:Cr; cooling; high-power diode laser pumping; mode-matching; nondiffraction-limited pump beam; output power; thermal properties; Chromium; Cooling; Diodes; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Mirrors; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-443-2
Type :
conf
Filename :
864983
Link To Document :
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