Nd:YAG slab laser side pumped by 600-W diode laser stack

Waldemar Zendzian; Jan K. Jabczynski; Jacek Kwiatkowski

doi:10.1117/12.726648

1 February 2007 Nd:YAG slab laser side pumped by 600-W diode laser stack

Waldemar Zendzian, Jan K. Jabczynski, Jacek Kwiatkowski

Proceedings Volume 6599, Laser Technology VIII: Progress in Lasers; 65990A (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.726648
Event: Laser Technology VIII, 2006, Szczecin, Poland

Abstract

The Q-switched laser with triangle slab made of Nd:YAG crystal side pumped by 600-W quasi-cw diode laser stack has been designed. The multimode (M²≈2.6) output energy of about 42 mJ was demonstrated in free running mode for 110-mJ pump energy. In Q-switch experiments, the KDDP Pockels cell was placed between the slab and rear mirror in plane-plane cavity with output coupler of 84% transmission. The energy of 8 mJ in 2.1-ns pulse duration was obtained for near TEM₀₀ output beam. For passive Q-switching by means of Cr:YAG crystal of 12.6% unsaturated transmission the energy of 5.1 mJ in 2.5-ns pulse duration was obtained for output beam close to TEM₀₀ mode.

Citation Download Citation

Waldemar Zendzian, Jan K. Jabczynski, and Jacek Kwiatkowski "Nd:YAG slab laser side pumped by 600-W diode laser stack", Proc. SPIE 6599, Laser Technology VIII: Progress in Lasers, 65990A (1 February 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.726648

ACCESS THE FULL ARTICLE

INSTITUTIONAL
Select your institution to access the SPIE Digital Library.

SELECT YOUR INSTITUTION

PERSONAL
Sign in with your SPIE account to access your personal subscriptions or to use specific features such as save to my library, sign up for alerts, save searches, etc.

PERSONAL SIGN IN

No SPIE Account? Create one

PURCHASE THIS CONTENT

SUBSCRIBE TO DIGITAL LIBRARY

50 downloads per 1-year subscription

Members: $195

Non-members: $335 ADD TO CART

25 downloads per 1 - year subscription

Members: $145

Non-members: $250 ADD TO CART

PURCHASE SINGLE ARTICLE

Includes PDF, HTML & Video, when available