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Laser-diode pumped 40-W YbiYAGceramic laser

Optics Express, ISSN: 1094-4087, Vol: 17, Issue: 20, Page: 17734-17738
2009
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We demonstrated a high-power continuous-wave (CW) polycrystalline Yb:YAG ceramic laser pumped by fiber-pigtailed laser diode at 968 nm with 400 |im fiber core. The Yb:YAG ceramic laser performance was compared for different Yb ion concentrations in the ceramics by using a conventional end-pump laser cavity consisting of two flat mirrors with output couplers of different transmissions. A CW laser output of 40 W average power with M factor of 5.8 was obtained with 5 mol% Yb concentration under 120 W incident pump power. This is to the best of our knowledge the highest output power in end-pumped bulk Yb:YAG ceramic laser. ©2009 Optical Society of America.

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