%A H. AMAN, B. HUSSAIN, A. AMAN %T Laser diode corner pumped Nd:KGW slab laser %0 Journal Article %D 2014 %J Front. Optoelectron. %J Frontiers of Optoelectronics %@ 2095-2759 %R 10.1007/s12200-013-0373-3 %P 107-109 %V 7 %N 1 %U {https://journal.hep.com.cn/foe/EN/10.1007/s12200-013-0373-3 %8 2014-03-05 %X

This paper reports the continuous wave (CW) and Q-switched operation of a diode pumped KGd (WO4):Nd (Nd:KGW) slab laser with a corner pumped geometry at the wavelength of 1067 nm. With an optical conversion efficiency of 38% and 34%, average powers of 23 and 20 W in CW and Q-switched modes were achieved respectively. The maximum pulse energy of 27 mJ was observed with a repetition rate of 840 Hz.