One way to scale the Yb:YAG laser performance to high average power is to implement transverse or side diode pumping as opposed to an end-pumped geometry. To explore this scaling configuration, the authors have investigated the behavior of a side-pumped Yb:YAG geometry with a rack-and-stack InGaAs diode-array pump source. In the paper, the authors report the highest output pulse energy of /spl sim/50 mJ for a transversely diode-pumped Yb:YAG laser operating at room temperature at 1.03 /spl mu/m.
A 50 mJ per pulse transversely diode-pumped Yb:YAG laser at room temperature
Proceedings of LEOS'94 ; 2 ; 419-420 vol.2
1994-01-01
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A 50 mJ Per Pulse Transversely Diode-Pumped Yb:YAG Laser at Room Temperature
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