EFFICIENT, SCALABLE, INTERNALLY FOLDED ND-YAG LASER END-PUMPED BY LASER-DIODES

被引：4

作者：

SCHEPS, R

MYERS, JF

机构：

[1] Naval Command, Control, and Ocean Surveillance Center, RDT&E Division, San Diego, CA 92152

来源：

IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS | 1993年 / 29卷 / 06期

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D O I：

10.1109/3.234402

中图分类号：

TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];

学科分类号：

0808 ; 0809 ;

摘要：

A scalable diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser is described in which the gain element resembles a penta-prism. This design allows longitudinal pumping along five separate axes. Using five high-power single stripe laser diodes, 4.16 W of absorbed power produced 2.3 W CW at 1.06 mum. The slope efficiency was 56%, the output was plane polarized, and the laser operated in the TEM00 mode. The threshold power was 48 mW. No evidence of thermal saturation was observed up to the maximum pump power. With an intracavity KTP crystal, 341 mW of CW amplitude-stable output at 532 nm was generated. Repetitive Q-switched operation is also reported.

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页码：1515 / 1519

页数：5

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