Q-switched resonantly diode-pumped Er:YAG laser

Igor Kudryashov; Alexei Katsnelson

doi:10.1117/12.841038

3 March 2010 Q-switched resonantly diode-pumped Er:YAG laser

Igor Kudryashov, Alexei Katsnelson

Proceedings Volume 7578, Solid State Lasers XIX: Technology and Devices; 75781D (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.841038
Event: SPIE LASE, 2010, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

In this work, resonant diode pumping has been demonstrated for Q-switched and CW Er:YAG solid state lasers (SSLs) at eye-safe wavelengths. Resonant pumping was realized by using high spectral brightness 1470 nm laser diodes. An efficient 1645 nm CW laser with output power >3.5 W in the TEM₀₀ mode was demonstrated. More than 11 mJ of output pulse energy in the TEM₀₀ mode has been achieved for Q-switched operation at 20Hz repetition rate. M² of the output beam was better than 1.5 over the entire range of output pulse energies. We achieved an output peak power of ~400 kW.

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Igor Kudryashov and Alexei Katsnelson "Q-switched resonantly diode-pumped Er:YAG laser", Proc. SPIE 7578, Solid State Lasers XIX: Technology and Devices, 75781D (3 March 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.841038

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