Materials for high-average power solid state lasers

John Vetrovec

doi:10.1117/12.478956

17 June 2003 Materials for high-average power solid-state lasers

John Vetrovec

Proceedings Volume 4968, Solid State Lasers XII; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.478956
Event: High-Power Lasers and Applications, 2003, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

High-average power solid-state lasers use Nd or Yb lasants doped into a variety of host materials. Desirable properties for such materials include favorable spectroscopy, thermomechanical and thermo-optical parameters, and availability of the host material in large size and good quality. A laser designer often faces difficult choices because no combination of dopant and host materials incorporates all of the most desirable properties. This work presents a comparative study of gain media for diode-pumped, high-average power solid-state disk lasers. Relative performance of Nd and Yb doped into several host media is evaluated under several pump conditions.

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John Vetrovec "Materials for high-average power solid-state lasers", Proc. SPIE 4968, Solid State Lasers XII, (17 June 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.478956

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