title: Fluorescence losses from Yb:YAG slab lasers.
abstract: We report on the distribution of fluorescence that can be emitted through the surfaces of a ytterbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet (Yb:YAG) slab-shaped high-power solid-state laser. Slab shapes considered include parallel or antiparallel Brewster endfaced slabs and rectangular parallelepiped slabs. We treat cases in which all the faces of these slabs are in air, or with water or another coating on the largest faces. The fraction of the fluorescence emitted through each face, its distribution over that face, and the directions in which it travels are shown to be important to the design of high-power slab lasers.
authors.affiliation: School of Optics, Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers, University of Central Florida, 4000 Central Florida Boulevard, Orlando, Florida 32816-2700, USA.
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rapaport
authors.forename: Te-yuan
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bass