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

Journal Article · Fri Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1995 · Optics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.20.002384· OSTI ID:434486

Sumida, D S ^[1]; Fan, T Y ^[2]

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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, Journal Name: Optics Letters Journal Issue: 23 Vol. 20; ISSN 0146-9592; ISSN OPLEDP
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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