Abstract
The mode of high-power end-pumped lasers is controlled using a top-hat intensity pump profile, which induces a soft aperture via an abrupt thermal lens change. This allows power scaling with improved beam quality and increased intra-cavity doubling efficiencies.
© 2001 Optical Society of America
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