Near-diffraction-limited diode-pumped thin-disk Nd:YVO4 laser

Ralph Koch; Guenter Hollemann; R. Clemens; Hermann A. Voelckel; Adolf Giesen; Andreas Voss

doi:10.1117/12.281127

18 August 1997 Near-diffraction-limited diode-pumped thin-disk Nd:YVO₄ laser

Ralph Koch, Guenter Hollemann, R. Clemens, Hermann A. Voelckel, Adolf Giesen, Andreas Voss

Proceedings Volume 3097, Lasers in Material Processing; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.281127
Event: Lasers and Optics in Manufacturing III, 1997, Munich, Germany

Abstract

Room temperature operation of a Nd:YVO₄ thin disk laser with excellent beam quality is reported. Pumping by a fiber coupled diode laser with 10 W at the fiber end yields a continuous wave output power of 4.4 W at 1064 nm. The corresponding total optical efficiency is 44% and the average slope efficiency is 46%. For higher pump powers, a maximum output power of 13.7 W was achieved in a near diffraction limited beam.

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Ralph Koch, Guenter Hollemann, R. Clemens, Hermann A. Voelckel, Adolf Giesen, and Andreas Voss "Near-diffraction-limited diode-pumped thin-disk Nd:YVO₄ laser", Proc. SPIE 3097, Lasers in Material Processing, (18 August 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.281127

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