Diffraction-limited, grazing-incidence Nd:YVO4 slab laser side pumped by 2D laser diode stack

Mateusz Kaskow; Waldemar Zendzian; Jan K. Jabczynski; Michal Piasecki; Lukasz Gorajek

doi:10.1117/12.2176029

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5 December 2014 Diffraction-limited, grazing-incidence Nd:YVO₄ slab laser side pumped by 2D laser diode stack

Mateusz Kaskow, Waldemar Zendzian, Jan K. Jabczynski, Michal Piasecki, Lukasz Gorajek

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Proceedings Volume 9441, 19th Polish-Slovak-Czech Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics; 94410F (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2176029
Event: XIX Polish-Slovak-Czech Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics, 2014, Jelenia Gora, Poland

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A single and double-bounce grazing-incidence Nd:YVO₄ laser is presented. The output pulse energy of ~20 mJ with slope efficiency reaching up to 24.5% was achieved. The beam quality parameter M² was 1.25.

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Mateusz Kaskow, Waldemar Zendzian, Jan K. Jabczynski, Michal Piasecki, and Lukasz Gorajek "Diffraction-limited, grazing-incidence Nd:YVO₄ slab laser side pumped by 2D laser diode stack", Proc. SPIE 9441, 19th Polish-Slovak-Czech Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics, 94410F (5 December 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2176029

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