Tm:YLF slab wavelength-selected laser

A Tm: YLF slab laser was wavelength selected to operate at 1890 nm. The oscillator consisted of a single 2.5% doped Tm: YLF slab, a volume Bragg Grating (VBG) mirror and a 90% output-coupler. The slab crystal was pumped with a 300 W diode stack using a pump reproducing configuration. The output powe...

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Published inOptical materials express Vol. 2; no. 8; pp. 1165 - 1170
Main Authors Strauss, H. J., Esser, M. J. D., King, G., Maweza, L.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.08.2012
Subjects
Beams (radiation)
Diodes
Lasers
Oscillators
Pumps
Quality factor
Slabs
Wavelengths
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Summary:A Tm: YLF slab laser was wavelength selected to operate at 1890 nm. The oscillator consisted of a single 2.5% doped Tm: YLF slab, a volume Bragg Grating (VBG) mirror and a 90% output-coupler. The slab crystal was pumped with a 300 W diode stack using a pump reproducing configuration. The output power exceeded 80 W and the beam quality factors in the horizontal and vertical directions were 182 and 2.5 respectively.
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ISSN:2159-3930
2159-3930
DOI:10.1364/OME.2.001165