{"title":"Performance of diode-pumped Yb:CALGO and Yb:KYW lasers","authors":"S. Manjooran, A. Major","doi":"10.1109/PN.2019.8819601","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Diode-pumped Yb:KYW and Yb:CALGO lasers using a similar experimental setup were investigated. The lasers produced continuous-wave radiation with $>8\\mathrm {W}$ of average output power. In terms of thermal lensing, however, Yb:CALGO laser showed a much better behavior.","PeriodicalId":448071,"journal":{"name":"2019 Photonics North (PN)","volume":"2014 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2019 Photonics North (PN)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/PN.2019.8819601","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Diode-pumped Yb:KYW and Yb:CALGO lasers using a similar experimental setup were investigated. The lasers produced continuous-wave radiation with $>8\mathrm {W}$ of average output power. In terms of thermal lensing, however, Yb:CALGO laser showed a much better behavior.