title: High-energy diode-pumped D2O-cooled multislab Yb:YAG and Yb:QX-glass lasers.
abstract: We investigated the lasing performance of a multislab Yb:QX and Yb:YAG laser amplifiers using a facet-cooled design. Di-deuterium oxide (D2O) was used as the coolant flowing between the active slabs with the pump and laser light passing through the very low absorbing heavy-water films. A square pump profile at a maximum intensity of 40  kW/cm2 drove the amplifier with a peak fluence of 5.5  J/cm2 and a pulse duration of 6 ns. We demonstrated a maximum pulse energy of 1 J for each gain medium as well as a repetition rate of 10 Hz for Yb:YAG and 1 Hz for Yb:QX glass, thus showing the feasibility and scalability of directly water-cooled, diode-pumped, high-energy short-pulse lasers.
authors: Mathias
authors: M
authors: Siebold
authors: Markus
authors: M
authors: Loeser
authors: Gunter
authors: G
authors: Harzendorf
authors: Harald
authors: H
authors: Nehring
authors: Igor
authors: I
authors: Tsybin
authors: Fabian
authors: F
authors: Roeser
authors: Daniel
authors: D
authors: Albach
authors: Ulrich
authors: U
authors: Schramm