An innovative diode-pumped Nd:YAG zig-zag slab laser has been developed in our lab. The present version has delivered 230 W (continuous wave) at a 41% conversion efficiency level.
This type of laser has a wide range of important applications: from long-baseline interferometric detectors of gravitational waves to high power industrial lasers and high energy multi-Joule elements of Inertial Fusion ignition drivers.
Preliminary experimental results on an early prototype have been published on the Journal of the European Optical Society ( see attached PDF document).
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