Summary form only given. Picosecond high-power diode-pumped solid state lasers are attracting growing interest because of numerous applications in medicine, material processing and nonlinear frequency conversion. We present a passively modelocked Nd:YAG laser with 10.7 W of average power, 120 nJ pulse energy and 16 ps pulse duration in a diffraction-limited beam (M/sup 2/<1.05). The laser is side-pumped by two 20-W diode bars, the output of which is directly coupled into the Nd:YAG rod. Stable self-starting modelocked operation is achieved using a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror (SESAM). Frequency doubling in an external 5 mm thick KTP crystal yields 3.2 W average power at 532 nm.


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    Title :

    10-W passively modelocked diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser


    Contributors:
    Spuhler, G.J. (author) / Paschotta, R. (author) / Keller, U. (author) / Moser, M. (author) / Dymott, M.J.P. (author) / Kopf, D. (author) / Meyer, J. (author) / Weingarten, K.J. (author) / Kmetec, J.D. (author) / Alexander, J. (author)


    Publication date :

    1999-01-01


    Size :

    155459 byte




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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