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12 March 2024 Power scaling of a diode-pumped Yb:YLF laser
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Abstract
Efficient multi-watt operation of a diode-pumped Yb:YLF laser at room temperature was demonstrated. In continuous-wave regime the laser produced up to 8.4 W of average power with ⪆74% of slope efficiency with respect to the absorbed pump power. The laser output had diffraction limited beam quality and its wavelength was tunable over 40 nm. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest output power for diode-pumped room-temperature Yb:YLF lasers.
(2024) Published by SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
R. Akbari and A. Major "Power scaling of a diode-pumped Yb:YLF laser", Proc. SPIE 12864, Solid State Lasers XXXIII: Technology and Devices, 128640X (12 March 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3002991
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KEYWORDS
Crystals

Continuous wave operation

Ytterbium

Fluorine

High power lasers

Thermal lensing

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