10 W average power at 8.5 kHz from a copper vapour laser pumped Ti:sapphire laser

W. J. Wadsworth; D. W. Coutts; C. E. Webb

doi:10.1109/CLEOE.1998.719171

10 W average power at 8.5 kHz from a copper vapour laser pumped Ti:sapphire laser

W. J. Wadsworth^*, D. W. Coutts, C. E. Webb

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Thermal lensing and crystal damage by the pump laser beam become significant when using high power copper vapor lasers (CVLs) for longitudinal pumping of Ti:sapphire lasers. By using a transverse pumping geometry, it has been shown that damage to the Ti:sapphire laser crystal by the pump beam may be eliminated. Using a 64 w CVL at a pulse repetition frequency of 8.5 kHz, an output power of 10 W broad band at 780 nm has been obtained with a slope efficiency of 20%.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Conference on lasers and electro-optics Europe
Subtitle of host publication	technical digest
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	162
Number of pages	1
ISBN (Print)	078034233X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE.1998.719171
Publication status	Published - 1998
Externally published	Yes
Event	Proceedings of the 1998 International Symposium on Information Theory, CLEO/EUROPE'98 - Glasgow, Scotland Duration: 14 Sept 1998 → 18 Sept 1998

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Other	Proceedings of the 1998 International Symposium on Information Theory, CLEO/EUROPE'98
City	Glasgow, Scotland
Period	14/09/98 → 18/09/98

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Wadsworth, WJ, Coutts, DW & Webb, CE 1998, 10 W average power at 8.5 kHz from a copper vapour laser pumped Ti:sapphire laser. in Conference on lasers and electro-optics Europe: technical digest. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ, pp. 162, Proceedings of the 1998 International Symposium on Information Theory, CLEO/EUROPE'98, Glasgow, Scotland, 14/09/98. https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEOE.1998.719171

10 W average power at 8.5 kHz from a copper vapour laser pumped Ti:sapphire laser. / Wadsworth, W. J.; Coutts, D. W.; Webb, C. E.
Conference on lasers and electro-optics Europe: technical digest. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 1998. p. 162.

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