Highly efficient high-pulse-energy diode-pumped Nd:YLF oscillator amplifier operating at 10 Hz

Margaret K. Brown; Don Jander; Gerald H. Kim; Jeffrey W. Pierce

doi:10.1117/12.382751

14 April 2000 Highly efficient high-pulse-energy diode-pumped Nd:YLF oscillator amplifier operating at 10 Hz

Margaret K. Brown, Don Jander, Gerald H. Kim, Jeffrey W. Pierce

Proceedings Volume 3929, Solid State Lasers IX; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.382751
Event: Symposium on High-Power Lasers and Applications, 2000, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

We have developed a highly efficient Nd:YLF oscillator- amplifier operating at 10 Hz. The design of both the oscillator and amplifier is based on conduction-cooled QCW diode bar stacks and a total internal reflection pumping geometry. The oscillator is designed as a gain guided confocal unstable resonator. Maximum electrical to optical efficiencies of 8.3% and 8.8% are demonstrated in the oscillator and amplifier, respectively.

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Margaret K. Brown, Don Jander, Gerald H. Kim, and Jeffrey W. Pierce "Highly efficient high-pulse-energy diode-pumped Nd:YLF oscillator amplifier operating at 10 Hz", Proc. SPIE 3929, Solid State Lasers IX, (14 April 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.382751

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