Abstract
We have demonstrated the first, to our knowledge, side-pumped, 1047-nm, Yb:S-FAP laser. Using a prismatic pump cavity and quasi-CW diode pump lasers, we obtained an energy-per-pulse of 8 mJ with an optical-to-optical slope efficiency of 8%.
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