• DocumentCode
    421687
  • Title

    Novel Nd:YVO/sub 4/ composite thin slab laser with 11.5 W of output power and M/sup 2/ /spl sim/2.5

  • Author

    Zimer, Hagen ; Langer, Björm ; Wittrock, Ulrich

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Appl. Sci. Munster, Steinfurt, Germany
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2004
  • Abstract
    We present a novel and simple Nd:YVO/sub 4/ composite thin slab laser with low thermo-optical aberrations. Preliminary experiments demonstrate 11.5 W of output power with M/sup 2/ /spl sim/2.5 and an optical slope efficiency of 38 %.
  • Keywords
    aberrations; laser beams; neodymium; solid lasers; thermo-optical devices; thermo-optical effects; 11.5 W; 38 percent; Nd:YVO/sub 4/ composite thin slab laser; YVO/sub 4/:Nd; optical slope efficiency; thermo-optical aberrations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-777-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1360896