CHROMIUM-DOPED FORSTERITE LASER WITH 1.1 W OF CONTINUOUS-WAVE OUTPUT POWER AT ROOM-TEMPERATURE

Authors
ZHAVORONKOV N AVTUKH A MIKHAILOV V
Citation
N. Zhavoronkov et al., CHROMIUM-DOPED FORSTERITE LASER WITH 1.1 W OF CONTINUOUS-WAVE OUTPUT POWER AT ROOM-TEMPERATURE, Applied optics, 36(33), 1997, pp. 8601-8605
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
36
Issue
33
Year of publication
1997
Pages
8601 - 8605
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1997)36:33<8601:CFLW1W>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
We demonstrate stable continuous-wave operation of a Cr:forsterite las er pumped by a cw Nd:YAG laser at 288 K. We use no choppers to limit t he duty cycle of the cw system. The proper adjustment of the pump-and cavity-mode overlap based on the ABCD concept simulation eliminates th e output power decrease at the high-level pump power. An output power of 1.1 W and slope efficiency of 26% are derived. (C) 1997 Optical Soc iety of America.