A novel multi-pass Tm: YLF laser was demonstrated with an improvement in efficiency, footprint and cost over a two diode stack pumped, single pass system. 100 W of output power from 261 W of incident diode pump power with a slope efficiency of 44% is reported.
Reference:
Strauss, HJ, Burd, SC, Koen, W et al. 2010. Multi-pass 1.9 um Tm:YLF slab laser pump source. 55th Annual Conference of the South African Institute of Physics (SAIP), CSIR International Convention Centre, Pretoria, 27 September-1 October 2010, pp 1
Strauss, H. J., Burd, S., Koen, W., Esser, M., Jacobs, C., Collett, O., ... Bollig, C. (2010). Multi-pass 1.9 um Tm:YLF slab laser pump source. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4975
Strauss, Hencharl J, SC Burd, W Koen, MJD Esser, Cobus Jacobs, OJP Collett, K Nyangaza, D Preussler, and C Bollig. "Multi-pass 1.9 um Tm:YLF slab laser pump source." (2010): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4975
Strauss HJ, Burd S, Koen W, Esser M, Jacobs C, Collett O, et al, Multi-pass 1.9 um Tm:YLF slab laser pump source; 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/4975 .
