HIGH-POWER, SINGLE-FREQUENCY DIODE-PUMPED ND-YAG MICROCAVITY LASERS AT 1.3 MU-M

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GAVRILOVIC, P [1 ]
ONEILL, MS [1 ]
ZARRABI, JH [1 ]
SINGH, S [1 ]
WILLIAMS, JE [1 ]
GRODKIEWICZ, WH [1 ]
BRUCE, A [1 ]
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[1] AT&T BELL LABS,MURRAY HILL,NJ 07974
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10.1063/1.112930
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A single-frequency output power of 210 mW on the 1.3 mu m transition was obtained from a monolithic YAG laser doped with 4.2%, Nd. Lasers fabricated from high Nd-concentration YAG crystals oscillated simultaneously on the 1.319 and 1.338 mu m lines at high pump power, but in a single axial mode at both wavelengths. The oscillation frequency was continuously temperature-tunable at a rate of 3.6 GHz/degrees C over a range of 170 GHz (10 Angstrom). The emission was linearly polarized with an extinction ratio >1000:1. In two-wavelength operation, the 1.319 and 1.338 mu m transitions were orthogonally polarized.
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