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Title: A Ti:sapphire laser end-pumped by a fibre-coupled copper vapour laser
Related: Optics communications, Vol. 209, Issue 1-3 (2002), p.217-221
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(02)01663-2
Publisher: Elsevier B V
Date: 2002
FoR/RFCD Code(s): 020502 Lasers and Quantum Electronics 090606 Photonics and Electro-Optical Engineering (excl. Communications)
Author/Creator: McGonigle, A. J. S
Author/Creator: Coutts, D. W
Description: We report a novel fibre-coupled end-pumping geometry, applied in the context of a copper vapour laser (CVL) pumped Ti:sapphire laser, with the intention of addressing complications associated with coupling the pump beam into the Ti:sapphire cavity mode in this laser scheme. Two Ti:sapphire cavity configurations were implemented. The first of these resulted in output powers of up to 2 W at a pulse repetition frequency (PRF) of 6.2 kHz and slope efficiencies over 40%. High peak power output (up to 90 kW) in 3.3 ns pulses was obtained via a second, shorter cavity.
Description: 5 page(s)
Subject Keyword: 020502 Lasers and Quantum Electronics
Subject Keyword: 090606 Photonics and Electro-Optical Engineering (excl. Communications)
Subject Keyword: solid state lasers
Subject Keyword: metal vapour lasers
Subject Keyword: titanium sapphire lasers
Subject Keyword: fibre pumping
Resource Type: journal article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Dept. of Physics and Astronomy

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