Continuous-wave Nd:YVO4 grazing-incidence laser with 22.5 W output power and 64% conversion efficiency

被引：76

作者：

Damzen, MJ ^{[1
]}

Trew, M

Rosas, E

Crofts, GJ

机构：

[1] Univ London Imperial Coll Sci & Technol, Blackett Lab, London SW7 2BW, England

[2] Inst Tecnol Toluca, Optoelect Labs, Metepec 52140, Mexico

来源：

OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS | 2001年 / 196卷 / 1-6期

基金：

英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;

关键词：

neodymium; diode-pumped; solid-state laser;

D O I：

10.1016/S0030-4018(01)01366-9

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

Very high-efficiency and high-power operation of a continuous-wave Nd:YVO4 laser is demonstrated using a grazing-incidence geometry with diode side pumping. With 35 W diode bar pumping, multimode output power of 22.5 W (optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 64%) with slope efficiency of 72%, and single mode output power of 13.8 W (conversion efficiency of 40%) is produced at wavelength 1064 mn. Small-signal gain and thermal lensing in the amplifier are investigated to explain the very high efficiency and spatial characteristics of the laser system. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V.

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页码：237 / 241

页数：5

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