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Efficient high-power Tm:YAG laser at 2µm end-pumped by a diode-bar

Efficient high-power Tm:YAG laser at 2µm end-pumped by a diode-bar
Efficient high-power Tm:YAG laser at 2µm end-pumped by a diode-bar
Efficient, room-temperature operation of a Tm:YAG laser, end-pumped by the re-shaped output beam from a 20W diode-bar, is reported. At a rod mount temperature of 20°C and with 13.5W of diode pump power incident on the Tm:YAG rod we obtained 4.1W of output at 2.013µm in a near-diffraction-limited beam with corresponding M2 values in orthogonal planes of 1.4 and 1.2. The prospects for further power-scaling are discussed.
0030-4018
35-38
Bollig, C.
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Clarkson, William
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Hayward, R.A.
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Hanna, David
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Bollig, C.
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Clarkson, William
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Hayward, R.A.
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Hanna, David
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Bollig, C., Clarkson, William, Hayward, R.A. and Hanna, David (1998) Efficient high-power Tm:YAG laser at 2µm end-pumped by a diode-bar. Optics Communications, 154 (1-3), 35-38. (doi:10.1016/S0030-4018(98)00311-3).

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Efficient, room-temperature operation of a Tm:YAG laser, end-pumped by the re-shaped output beam from a 20W diode-bar, is reported. At a rod mount temperature of 20°C and with 13.5W of diode pump power incident on the Tm:YAG rod we obtained 4.1W of output at 2.013µm in a near-diffraction-limited beam with corresponding M2 values in orthogonal planes of 1.4 and 1.2. The prospects for further power-scaling are discussed.

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Published date: August 1998

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Local EPrints ID: 77868
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/77868
ISSN: 0030-4018
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Date deposited: 11 Mar 2010
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Author: C. Bollig
Author: R.A. Hayward
Author: David Hanna

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