Speaker
Dr
Hencharl Johan Strauss
(CSIR (National Laser Centre))
Description
A novel multi-pass Tm:YLF laser was demonstrated with an improvement in efficiency, footprint and cost over two diode stack pumped, single pass systems. We report 100 W of output power from 261 W of incident diode pump power with a slope efficiency of 44%.
Primary author
Dr
Hencharl Johan Strauss
(CSIR (National Laser Centre))
Co-authors
Dr
Christoph Bollig
(CSIR (National Laser Centre))
Mr
Cobus Jacobs
(CSIR (National Laser Centre))
Mr
Dieter Preussler
(CSIR (National Laser Centre))
Mr
Kwanele Nyangaza
(CSIR (National Laser Centre))
Mr
Oliver Collett
(CSIR (National Laser Centre))
Mr
Shaun Burd
(University of the Witwatersrand)
Mr
Wayne Koen
(CSIR (National Laser Centre))
