• High Power Laser Science and Engineering
  • Vol. 6, Issue 4, 04000e62 (2018)
Samuel Paul David, Venkatesan Jambunathan, Antonio Lucianetti, and Tomas Mocek
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  • HiLASE Centre , Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences , Za Radnicí 828/5 , 25241 , Dolní Břežany , Czech Republic
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    Samuel Paul David, Venkatesan Jambunathan, Antonio Lucianetti, Tomas Mocek. Overview of ytterbium based transparent ceramics for diode pumped high energy solid-state lasers[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2018, 6(4): 04000e62 Copy Citation Text show less
    (a) Composite ceramic gain media used to achieve an output power of 520 W in microchip laser. (b) An output power of 520 W using YAG/Yb:YAG composite gain media. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [33].
    Fig. 1. (a) Composite ceramic gain media used to achieve an output power of 520 W in microchip laser. (b) An output power of 520 W using YAG/Yb:YAG composite gain media. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [ 33 ].
    (a) Schematic of AMA concept used for LUCIA laser. (b) Crystalline and ceramic composites used in LUCIA laser to deliver an energy of 14 J. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [18].
    Fig. 2. (a) Schematic of AMA concept used for LUCIA laser. (b) Crystalline and ceramic composites used in LUCIA laser to deliver an energy of 14 J. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [ 18 ].
    Multi-slab amplifier design adopted for DiPOLE laser systems. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [52].
    Fig. 3. Multi-slab amplifier design adopted for DiPOLE laser systems. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [ 52 ].
    One of the ceramic discs used in DiPOLE-10 to generate an energy of 10 J at 10 Hz.
    Fig. 4. One of the ceramic discs used in DiPOLE-10 to generate an energy of 10 J at 10 Hz.
    Yb:YAG ceramic slabs used to achieve 100 J average energy per pulse in HiLASE.
    Fig. 5. Yb:YAG ceramic slabs used to achieve 100 J average energy per pulse in HiLASE.
    Output energy of 100 J against the pump energy. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [20].
    Fig. 6. Output energy of 100 J against the pump energy. Reprinted with permission from Ref. [ 20 ].
    Samuel Paul David, Venkatesan Jambunathan, Antonio Lucianetti, Tomas Mocek. Overview of ytterbium based transparent ceramics for diode pumped high energy solid-state lasers[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, 2018, 6(4): 04000e62
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