Cooled Yb:YAG for high-power solid state lasers

Tso Yee Fan; T. Crow; Brian Hoden

doi:10.1117/12.323939

8 September 1998 Cooled Yb:YAG for high-power solid state lasers

Tso Yee Fan, T. Crow, Brian Hoden

Proceedings Volume 3381, Airborne Laser Advanced Technology; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.323939
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing and Controls, 1998, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

The development of high-average-power solid-state lasers with good beam quality has been limited primarily by thermo- optic distortions in the laser gain medium. Cooling Yb:YAG gain media to cryogenic temperatures promises to significantly reduce thermo-optic distortions relative to 300 K Nd:YAG. Preliminary results have been obtained for a diode-pumped, cooled Yb:YAG laser operating at 1.03 micrometers , and the experiments to date verify a large reduction in thermo-optic effects.

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Tso Yee Fan, T. Crow, and Brian Hoden "Cooled Yb:YAG for high-power solid state lasers", Proc. SPIE 3381, Airborne Laser Advanced Technology, (8 September 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.323939

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