HIGH-POWER, CONTINUOUS-WAVE, ND-YAG MICROCHIP LASER ARRAY

被引:18
作者
NABORS, CD
SANCHEZ, A
MOORADIAN, A
机构
[1] Lincoln Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lexington, MA
[2] Micracor, Acton, MA, 01720
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D O I
10.1364/OL.17.001587
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A transversely extended, flat-flat monolithic Nd:YAG laser cavity was pumped by a two-dimensional laser-diode array to form an array of cw microchip laser emitters with total output power of 9.8 W for an incident pump power of 38.5 W. The ensemble optical efficiency was 25.5%, the slope efficiency was 32.5%, and the beams were shown to have excellent spatial mode quality and parallelism.
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页码:1587 / 1589
页数:3
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