Diode pumped thin ceramic slab Nd:YAG laser with 230 W average power and 43% conversion efficiency

Marco Ciofini; Antonio Lapucci

doi:10.1117/12.2009016

30 January 2013 Diode pumped thin ceramic slab Nd:YAG laser with 230 W average power and 43% conversion efficiency

Marco Ciofini, Antonio Lapucci

Proceedings Volume 8677, XIX International Symposium on High-Power Laser Systems and Applications 2012; 867710 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2009016
Event: XIX International Symposium on High-Power Laser Systems and Applications, 2012, Istanbul, Turkey

Abstract

In the last ten years we have been working on the design, construction and testing of several diode pumped solid state lasers with various formats, all based on a thin slab ceramic active medium. We adopted different cooling and pumping schemes. A novel configuration with passive cooling, edge-pumping and edge zig-zagged internal propagation has recently shown a high conversion efficiency (43% optical conversion and 60% slope) at a 230 W CW extraction level.

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Marco Ciofini and Antonio Lapucci "Diode pumped thin ceramic slab Nd:YAG laser with 230 W average power and 43% conversion efficiency", Proc. SPIE 8677, XIX International Symposium on High-Power Laser Systems and Applications 2012, 867710 (30 January 2013); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2009016

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