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29 December 1999 High-average-power double-waveguide slab laser for material processing
Victor A. Serebryakov, Boris G. Malinin, V. G. Pankov, A. S. Eremenko, V. M. Mit'kin, Valeriy M. Volynkin, Oleg A. Orlov, Vladimir I. Ustugov
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Proceedings Volume 4016, Photonics, Devices, and Systems; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.373633
Event: Photonics Prague '99, 1999, Prague, Czech Republic
Abstract
Novel principles of design of a diode-pumped solid-state laser with scalable average output power are described. The approach is based on a double waveguide slab (DWS) concept, when laser slab has a waveguide equality both for pump and laser radiation propagation in the orthogonal directions. The advantages of such a scheme are efficient conduction- cooling and scalability of a laser head to the kW range with the high quality of a laser beam. The feasibility of this concept was proved with the model of a DWS Nd:YAG laser at the level of average output power of 10W. The promising possibility to use thermally strengthened Nd-glass for a high average power qcw laser is discussed.
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Victor A. Serebryakov, Boris G. Malinin, V. G. Pankov, A. S. Eremenko, V. M. Mit'kin, Valeriy M. Volynkin, Oleg A. Orlov, and Vladimir I. Ustugov "High-average-power double-waveguide slab laser for material processing", Proc. SPIE 4016, Photonics, Devices, and Systems, (29 December 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.373633
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KEYWORDS
Waveguides

Nd:YAG lasers

Semiconductor lasers

Diode pumped solid state lasers

Laser development

Laser processing

Solid state lasers

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