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200-W corner-pumped Yb:YAG slab laser

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A novel concept of corner pumping has been developed. The corner-pumped slab design allows long absorption length and symmetric conduction cooling, making it particularly suitable for high-power quasi-three-level lasers. A corner-pumped Yb:YAG slab laser has been demonstrated for the first time. A preliminary experimental result shows that the laser produces 202 W of cw output power with 1400 W of incident pump power.

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    M. Gong, C. Li, Q. Liu, G. Chen, W. Gong & P. Yan

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Gong, M., Li, C., Liu, Q. et al. 200-W corner-pumped Yb:YAG slab laser. Appl. Phys. B 79, 265–267 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-004-1564-9

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