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High Efficiency Laser-Diode-Pumped Cavity-Dumped Ytterbium-Doped Y3Al5O12 Laser

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International Journal of Latest Research in Science and Technology Vol.2 Issue 1, pp 450-453,Year 2013

HIGH EFFICIENCY LASER-DIODE-PUMPED CAVITY-DUMPED YTTERBIUM-DOPED Y3AL5O12 LASER

H. Hitotsuya,N. Shimojo,S. Matsubara,M. Inoue,S. Kawato

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Received : 11 January 2013; Accepted : 24 January 2013 ; Published : 28 February 2013

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Abstract

We developed a laser-diode (LD)-pumped cavity-dumped ytterbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Yb:YAG) laser. The slope efficiency and optical-to-optical conversion efficiency were 72% and 56%, respectively for an absorbed pump power of 780 mW at a pulse repetition rate of 100 kHz. The pulse width was 15 ns. To our knowledge, the efficiencies are the highest for LD-pumped short pulse lasers with pulse widths of hundred nanoseconds or less.

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Yb:YAG, cavity-dumped, high-efficiency, diode-pumped, nanosecond pulsed

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H. Hitotsuya,N. Shimojo,S. Matsubara,M. Inoue,S. Kawato , " High Efficiency Laser-diode-pumped Cavity-dumped Ytterbium-doped Y3al5o12 Laser ", International Journal of Latest Research in Science and Technology . Vol. 2, Issue 1, pp 450-453 , 2013

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