Resonantly diode laser pumped 1.6-μm-erbium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet solid-state laser -: art. no. 131115

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Garbuzov, D
Kudryashov, I
Dubinskii, M
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[1] Princeton Lightwave Inc, Cranbury, NJ 08512 USA
[2] USA, Res Lab, UMSRD ARL SE EO, Adelphi, MD 20783 USA
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10.1063/1.1898427
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O59 [应用物理学];
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We report direct resonant diode pumping of a 1.6-mu m-Er3+-doped bulk solid-state laser. Using a 1470-nm-single-mode diode laser module to pump the Er:YAG rod, an absorbed photon conversion efficiency of 26% has been obtained in this initial experiment. Analysis of the diode-pumped solid-state laser input-output characteristics suggests that the obtained slope efficiency can be doubled through the reduction of intracavity losses and pumping efficiency improvement. (C) 2005 American Institute of Physics.
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