Modeling of end-pumped CW Yb:YAG disk laser

Author

Jafari, A. Khayat ; Aas, M.

Author_Institution

Opt. & Laser Eng. Sch., Eng. & Tech. Univ. of Bonab, Bonab

fYear

2008

fDate

2-4 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

32

Lastpage

34

Abstract

A new model has been developed to describe behaviour of disk lasers. We have derived analytic expressions from a set of coupled rate equations which include the effects of the pump and the laser states simultaneously in order to investigate the influence of the effective parameters on the operational efficiency of a high gain, end-pumped quasi-three-level Yb:YAG disk laser. Based upon our results, we have examined laser output power as a function of thickness and doping concentration of the disk, number of pump beam passes, and absorbed pump power.

Keywords

doping profiles; laser beams; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium; YAG:Yb; coupled rate equations; doping concentration; end-pumped quasi-three-level disk laser; laser states; operational efficiency; pump beam passes; Absorption; Equations; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Optical pumping; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Yb:YAG; modeling; rate equations; thin disk laser;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Laser and Fiber-Optical Networks Modeling, 2008. LFNM 2008. 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Crimea

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2526-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2527-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LFNM.2008.4670363

Filename

4670363