A silicon carbide face cooled ceramic Nd:YAG laser

G. Alex Newburgh; M. Dubinskii; Douglas Merrell

doi:10.1117/12.722408

10 May 2007 A silicon carbide face cooled ceramic Nd:YAG laser

G. Alex Newburgh, M. Dubinskii, Douglas Merrell

Proceedings Volume 6552, Laser Source Technology for Defense and Security III; 655207 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.722408
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2007, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

We present lasing results of a SiC face cooled 4% Nd:YAG ceramic in an unstable cavity mode configuration (slope efficiency 35%) under quasi-CW pump conditions. This work demonstrates the first time lasing of a high temperature bonded, anti-reflection (AR) coated bonded SiC/Nd:YAG assembly. Finite Element Analysis (FEA) modeling of the temperature, stress, thermal lensing and polarization loss of the SiC/Nd:YAG stack under lasing conditions are presented.

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G. Alex Newburgh, M. Dubinskii, and Douglas Merrell "A silicon carbide face cooled ceramic Nd:YAG laser", Proc. SPIE 6552, Laser Source Technology for Defense and Security III, 655207 (10 May 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.722408

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