Title :
High-power, diode edge-pumped, single-crystal Yb:YAG / ceramic YAG composite microchip Yb:YAG laser for material processing
Author :
Tsunekane, Masaki ; Dascalu, Traian ; Taira, Takunori
Author_Institution :
Laser Res. Center, Inst. of Molecular Sci., Okazaki, Japan
Abstract :
High-power (>100W CW and 380W QCW) operation of diode edge-pumped, microchip Yb:YAG laser was demonstrated. The 300μm-thick microchip has a new composite structure consisting of 5mm-diameter, cylindrical single-crystal Yb:YAG core and surrounding transparent, undoped ceramic YAG pump waveguide.
Keywords :
composite materials; laser materials processing; microchip lasers; optical materials; optical pumping; optical waveguides; ytterbium; 300 micron; 5 mm; YAG:Yb; YAl5O12:Yb; ceramic YAG composites; composite structure; diode edge-pumping; material processing; microchip Yb:YAG laser; pump waveguide; single-crystal Yb:YAG; Ceramics; Diodes; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Laser transitions; Lenses; Materials processing; Microchip lasers; Pump lasers; Quantum cascade lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202033
