Multi-watt diode-pumped Ti:sapphire laser

Simpson, Niall and Lee, Martin and Kemp, Alan J. (2025) Multi-watt diode-pumped Ti:sapphire laser. Optics Continuum, 4 (4). pp. 704-712. ISSN 2770-0208 (https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTCON.555027)

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Abstract

We present a diode-pumped Ti:sapphire laser with 2.9 W output power and M2 of 1.2 × 1.1. This is the highest output power reported for a near-TEM00 (M2≤1.2) diode-pumped Ti:sapphire. The laser is pumped by a commercially available diode-laser module designed for cutting and engraving applications, in a configuration that reduces the complexity of the optical setup relative to other diode-pumped systems.

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Simpson, Niall ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3139-472X, Lee, Martin ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4915-820X and Kemp, Alan J. ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1076-3138;