HIGH-EFFICIENCY TEM(00) NDYVO4 LASER LONGITUDINALLY PUMPED BY A HIGH-POWER ARRAY

被引:51
作者
FEUGNET, G
BUSSAC, C
LARAT, C
SCHWARZ, M
POCHOLLE, JP
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[1] Laboratoire Central de Recherche, Thomson-CSF, Domaine de Corbeville, Orsay
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10.1364/OL.20.000157
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A new simple, compact, and efficient optical device is presented that allows any commercially available arrays or stacks to longitudinally pump laser materials. A Nd:YVO4 laser was built and an optical-optical efficiency as great as 50% was demonstrated with a diffraction-limited beam.
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