Compact Diode-Pumped 946 nm Nd:YAG Laser with Good Beam Quality

被引：1
作者：
Talukder, Rubel C. [1 ]
Major, Arkady [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Manitoba, Dept Elect & Comp Engn, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6, Canada
来源：
PHOTONICS | 2024年 / 11卷 / 02期
关键词：
Nd:YAG; beam quality; 946; nm; compact; diode pumped; ND-YAG; CONTINUOUS-WAVE;
D O I：
10.3390/photonics11020171
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
A continuous-wave (CW), high-power, quasi-three-level Nd:YAG laser operating at 946 nm is reported. The beam quality of the laser is greatly improved. The laser consists of a composite Nd:YAG rod end pumped by a fiber-coupled diode laser inside a simple concave-plane cavity. At an incident pump power of 31 W, a maximum CW output of 9.98 W was obtained at 946 nm, with a beam quality factor of M-2 similar to 5. The corresponding optical-to-optical efficiency was 32.2% with respect to the incident pump power. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest output power at 946 nm with such a beam quality ever generated by diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser with bulk crystals.
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