EFFICIENT CONTINUOUS-WAVE TEM00 OPERATION OF A TRANSVERSELY DIODE-PUMPED NDYAG LASER

被引：10
作者：
WALKER, DR
FLOOD, CJ
VANDRIEL, HM
GREINER, UJ
KLINGENBERG, HH
机构：
[1] ONTARIO LASER & LIGHTWAVE RES CTR,TORONTO M5S 1A7,ON,CANADA
[2] DEUTSCH FORSCH ANSTALT LUFT & RAUMFAHRT,INST TECH PHYS,D-70530 STUTTGART,GERMANY
来源：
OPTICS LETTERS | 1994年 / 19卷 / 14期
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D O I：
10.1364/OL.19.001055
中图分类号：
O43 [光学];
学科分类号：
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要：
A new, highly efficient, scalable technique for cw high-power diode-array side pumping of gain media has been developed. The use of simple all-reflective optics permits diode emission collection efficiencies of >95%. We have achieved a cw TEM00 mode output (M2 < 1.1) of 13.1 W at 1.06 mum from a Nd:YAG rod pumped with 60 W of laser-diode output (808 nm), representing 22% conversion efficiency (29% conversion of absorbed pump power). Numerical simulations and experimental results indicate that good thermal management results in thermally induced aberrations of <lambda/8 across the rod.
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页码：1055 / 1057
页数：3
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