title: Power scaling of Nd:YVO4 and Nd:GdVO4 disk lasers using synthetic diamond as a heat spreader.
abstract: A newly developed low-birefringence synthetic diamond is shown to be an effective intracavity heat spreader in Nd:YVO4 and Nd:GdVO4 disk lasers. A cw output power of 25.7 W from only one double pass of the pump is reported. The diamond heat spreader is shown to increase the pump power density at which fracture occurs.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Photonics, University of Strathclyde, Wolfson Centre, Glasgow, Scotland, UK. patricia.millar@strath.ac.uk
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Millar
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Kemp
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Burns