Continuous-wave and passively Q-switched cladding-pumped planar waveguide lasers

被引：48

作者：

Beach, RJ

Mitchell, SC

Meissner, HE

Meissner, OR

Krupke, WF

McMahan, JM

Bennett, WJ

Shepherd, DP

机构：

[1] Maxios Corp, Livermore, CA 94550 USA

[2] Univ Southampton, Optoelect Res Ctr, Southampton SO10 0BJ, Hants, England

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2001年 / 26卷 / 12期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.26.000881

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

Greater than 12 W of average output power has been generated from a diode-pumped W:YAG cladding-pumped planar waveguide laser. The laser radiation developed is linearly polarized and diffraction limited in the guiding dimension. A slope efficiency of 0.5 W/W with a peak optical-optical conversion efficiency of 0.31 W/W is achieved. In a related structure, greater than 8 W of Q-switched average output power has been generated from a Nd:YAG cladding-pumped planar waveguide laser by incorporation of a Cr(4+):YAG passive Q switch monolithically into the waveguide structure. Pulse widths of 3 ns and pulse-repetition frequencies as high as 80 kHz have been demonstrated. A slope efficiency of 0.28 W/W with a peak optical-optical conversion efficiency of 0.21 W/W is achieved. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America.

引用

页码：881 / 883

页数：3

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