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Title: Room-temperature 50-mJ/pulse side-diode-pumped Yb:YAG laser

Journal Article · · Optics Letters
 [1];  [2]
  1. Hughes Research Laboratories, 3011 Malibu Canyon Road, M/S RL65, Malibu, California 90265-4799 (United States)
  2. Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 244 Wood Street, SR-139, Lexington, Massachusetts 02173-0073 (United States)

We report what to our knowledge is the highest output pulse energy to date, {approximately}50 mJ/pulse at 15-Hz pulse repetition frequency (PRF), for a diode-pumped Yb:YAG laser. At 60-Hz PRF the 1.03-{mu}m output beam quality was several times diffraction limited. {copyright} {ital 1995 Optical Society of America.}

Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
434486
Journal Information:
Optics Letters, Vol. 20, Issue 23; Other Information: PBD: Dec 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English