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Laser diode corner pumped Nd:KGW slab laser |
H. AMAN1( ), B. HUSSAIN1,2, A. AMAN3 |
| 1. Diode-Pumped Solid-State Laser Lab, National Institute of Lasers & Optronics, Islamabad, Pakistan; 2. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, USA; 3. Department of Computer System Engineering, Mirpur University of Science and Technology, Mirpur, Pakistan |
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Abstract This paper reports the continuous wave (CW) and Q-switched operation of a diode pumped KGd (WO4):Nd (Nd:KGW) slab laser with a corner pumped geometry at the wavelength of 1067 nm. With an optical conversion efficiency of 38% and 34%, average powers of 23 and 20 W in CW and Q-switched modes were achieved respectively. The maximum pulse energy of 27 mJ was observed with a repetition rate of 840 Hz.
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laser engineering
KGd (WO4):Nd (Nd:KGW) laser
diode-pumped slab laser
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Corresponding Author(s):
AMAN H.,Email:haroon111@gmail.com
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Issue Date: 05 March 2014
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