G. H. Kim, J. H. Yang, D. S. Lee, A. V. Kulik, E. G. Sall', S. A. Chizhov, V. E. Yashin, U. Kang, “High-power efficient cw and pulsed lasers based on bulk Yb : KYW crystals with end diode pumping”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2012, Volume 42, Number 4,Pages <nobr>292

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Lasers

High-power efficient cw and pulsed lasers based on bulk Yb : KYW crystals with end diode pumping

G. H. Kim^ab, J. H. Yang^ba, D. S. Lee^ab, A. V. Kulik^ba, E. G. Sall'^ab, S. A. Chizhov^ba, V. E. Yashin^ca, U. Kang^ab

^a Russia Science Seoul Center
^b DMC Hi-Tech Industry Center, Seoul
^c Institute of Laser Physics of the S. I. Vavilov State Optical Institute, St. Peterburg

Abstract: End-diode-pumped lasers based on one and two Yb : KYW crystals operating in cw and Q-switched regimes, as well as in the regime of mode-locking, are studied. The single-crystal laser generated stable ultrashort (shorter than 100 fs) laser pulses at wavelengths of 1035 and 1043 nm with an average power exceeding 1 W. The average output power of the two-crystal laser exceeded 18 W in the cw regime and 16 W in the Q-switched regime with a slope efficiency exceeding 30 %.

Keywords: solid-state lasers, diode pumping, femtosecond pulses.

PACS: 42.55.Rz, 42.55.Xi, 42.60.Fc, 42.65.Re

Received: 08.12.2011