Development of high energy laser sources with nano second pulses at several hertz of repetition rate has been very attractive in recent years due to their great potential for practical applications. With the recent advancement in fabricating large size laser quality transparent ceramics, diode pumped solid state laser generating pulse energy of 100 J at 10 Hz has been recently realized at HiLASE center using Yb:YAG ceramic with Cr:YAG cladding. This review discusses Yb based high energy lasers, specific laser geometries for efficient thermal management and the role of transparent ceramics in such diode pumped high-energy class solid-state lasers around the world.
Paul David Samuel, Jambunathan Venkatesan, Lucianetti Antonio, Mocek Tomas. Overview of ytterbium based transparent ceramics for diode pumped high energy solid state lasers[J]. High Power Laser Science and Engineering, , (): .
