1-W cw diode-pumped Cr:LiSAF laser

D. Kopf; U. Keller; M. A. Emanuel; M. A. Emanuel; R. J. Beach; R. J. Beach; J. A. Skidmore; J. A. Skidmore

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1996),
paper CFE5

1-W cw diode-pumped Cr:LiSAF laser

D. Kopf, U. Keller, M. A. Emanuel, R. J. Beach, and J. A. Skidmore

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 1996

Anaheim, California United States
2–7 June 1996
ISBN: 1-55752-443-2

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D. Kopf, U. Keller, M. A. Emanuel, R. J. Beach, and J. A. Skidmore, "1-W cw diode-pumped Cr:LiSAF laser," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, J. Bowers, D. Miller, D. Scifres, and A. Weiner, eds., Vol. 9 of OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 1996), paper CFE5.

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Abstract

We demonstrate a diode-pumped Cr: LiSAF laser with a pure (not quasi) cw output power of 1.1 W. This is to our knowledge the highest reported average output power from a Cr:LiSAF laser. We show that optimized mode-matching of the pump and lasing mode and efficient cooling can lead to output powers in the 1 W range, despite Cr:LiSAF's thermal properties and the nondiffraction-limited pump beams of high-power diode lasers.

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