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Variable-Configuration Resonator (VCR) with Three Diode-Laser End-Pumped Nd:YAG Rods

Th. Graf, M.P. MacDonald, J.E. Balmer, R. Weber, and H.P. Weber

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Abstract

The maximum pump-power range for stable fundamentalmode operation of longitudinally pumped solid-state lasers depends only on material constants. The stability range was increased by developing a versatile and scale-able end-pumped high-power multi-Nd:YAG-rod laser resonator that exploits the enhanced stability of ring cavities. The stability properties of this variable-configuration resonator (VCR) led to the opportunity for a novel Q-switching technique.

© 1997 Optical Society of America

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