High-power diode-bar-pumped Nd:YLF laser at 1.053-/spl mu/m

Summary form only given. Here, we describe a simple Nd:LiYF/sub 4/ laser that yields a high cw output power at 1.053 /spl mu/m by end-pumping with two 20 W cw diode bars, each equipped with a two-mirror beam-shaper. The laser design shown utilizes a simple folded resonator design containing two 10-mm-long Nd:YLF rods mounted in water-cooled heat-sinks.