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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
