A simple, thermally-stabilised, diode end-pumped, planar Nd:YAG laser

被引：5

作者：

Blows, JL ^{[1
]}

Dawes, JM ^{[1
]}

Piper, JA ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Macquarie Univ, Sch Math Phys Comp & Elect, Ctr Lasers & Applicat, N Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia

来源：

OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS | 1999年 / 162卷 / 4-6期

关键词：

diode pumped lasers; thermal lens; astigmatic cavity design; planar Nd : YAG laser;

D O I：

10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00104-2

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We report a simple planar Nd:YAG laser design that produces over 3 W of TEM00 output at 1.064 mu m, end-pumped by a single laser-diode array. The diode output is brought to a line focus within the laser crystal, producing a planar gain volume. The laser cavity incorporates a single cylindrical lens providing a highly elliptical mode and giving good pump and cavity mode overlap. The strong thermal lensing, which is an unavoidable feature of multi-Watt end-pumping, is exploited in the present cavity design. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：247 / 250

页数：4

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