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Ways to enhance the efficiency of a system for lateral diode pumping of a YAG:Nd laser

Vitkin V.V., Kuchma I.G., Lychagin D.I., Pokrovskii V.P., Polyakov V.M.

Publication in Journal of Optical Technology

For Russian citation (Opticheskii Zhurnal):

Виткин В.В., Кучма И.Г., Лычагин Д.И., Покровский В.П., Поляков В.М. Исследование путей повышения эффективности системы боковой диодной накачки YAG:Nd-лазера // Оптический журнал. 2012. Т. 79. № 10. С. 30–34.

Vitkin V. V., Kuchma I. G., Pokrovskiĭ V. P., Lychagin D. I., Polyakov V. M. Ways to enhance the efficiency of a system for lateral diode pumping of a YAG:Nd laser [in English] // Opticheskii Zhurnal. 2012. V. 79. № 10. P. 30–34.

For citation (Journal of Optical Technology):

V. V. Vitkin, I. G. Kuchma, V. P. Pokrovskiĭ, D. I. Lychagin, and V. M. Polyakov, "Ways to enhance the efficiency of a system for lateral diode pumping of a YAG:Nd laser," Journal of Optical Technology. 79(10), 632-635 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1364/JOT.79.000632

Abstract:

This article presents a choice of components for creating an effective pumping system for a YAG:Nd laser with a single-pulse energy of 60 mJ. An original design is proposed for the amplifier’s pump system. The efficiency of three types of illuminator for the amplifier are experimentally investigated: with selective dielectric coatings, with nonselective metallic coatings, and also with nonselective metallic coatings and composed of phosphate glass doped with samarium ions.

Keywords:

lateral diode pumping, transverse diode pumping, YAG: Nd laser, Sm3 + doped glass illuminator

OCIS codes: 140.3480, 140.5560

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