Grazing-incidence YVO4-Nd:YVO4 composite thin slab laser with low thermo-optic aberrations

被引：41

作者：

Zimer, H ^{[1
]}

Albers, K ^{[1
]}

Wittrock, U ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Appl Sci Munster, Photon Lab, D-48565 Steinfurt, Germany

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 2004年 / 29卷 / 23期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.29.002761

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We present a novel grazing-incidence composite thin slab laser (CTSL) with an almost aberration-free gain medium. The laser consists of a 260-mum thin Nd:YVO4 plate that is diffusion bonded to an undoped YVO4 slab. The Nd:YVO4 plate is cooled at just one side, suppressing temperature gradients that would induce wave-front distortions in the laser field. The pump light of a noncollimated diode bar is directly coupled into the undoped YVO4 slab and guided by total internal reflection to the attached Nd:YVO4 plate. Since any pump-beam-shaping optics can be omitted, the laser is simple and compact. We obtained transverse multimode optical output powers of 14 and 9.3 W with M-2 less than or equal to 1.3. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

引用

页码：2761 / 2763

页数：3

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