Author:Strauss, Hencharl J; Bollig, C; Von Bergmann, M; Esser, MDDate:Jun 2009Aimed to compare the two materials directly under diode-end-pumping by performing thermal lens measurements during lasing with a HeNe probe beam using identical low-doped (0.15%), 4x4x18 mm3 crystals. Our setup was such that we could separately ...Read more
Author:Botha, RC; Koen, W; Esser, MJD; Bollig, C; Combrinck, WL; Von Bergmann, M; Strauss, Hencharl JDate:Feb 2015A 1314 nm two-crystal Nd:YLF laser was designed and operated in both CW and actively Q-switched modes. Maximum CW output of 26.5 W resulted from 125 W of combined incident pump power. Active Q-switching was obtained by inserting a Brewster-cut ...Read more