Design and comparison of composite rod crystals for power scaling of diode end-pumped Nd:YAG lasers | Zendy

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Design and comparison of composite rod crystals for power scaling of diode end-pumped Nd:YAG lasers

Author(s) -

Ralf Wilhelm,

Denis Freiburg,

Maik Frede,

Dietmar Kracht,

Carsten Fallnich

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

optics express

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394

H-Index - 271

ISSN - 1094-4087

DOI - 10.1364/oe.17.008229

Subject(s) - materials science , optics , laser , diode , crystal (programming language) , diode pumped solid state laser , doping , laser diode , laser power scaling , optoelectronics , physics , computer science , programming language

A comparison of composite Nd:YAG laser rod crystals with one, two and three doped segments for high-power diode end-pumping is presented. An approach based on an expansion of the heat generation density and temperature distributions into a Fourier-Bessel basis set for solving the stationary heat conduction equation is used for choosing adequate segment lengths and dopant concentrations. A maximum laser output power of 167.5 W at an optical-to-optical efficiency of 53.6% was achieved by longitudinal pumping a crystal with three doped segments with fibre-coupled laser diodes.

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