EXTRACAVITY RECOMBINATION OF DIODE-PUMPED SYNCHRONIZED ND-YAG LASER-BEAMS

Authors
MENARD S VAMPOUILLE M COLOMBEAU B FROEHLY C
Citation
S. Menard et al., EXTRACAVITY RECOMBINATION OF DIODE-PUMPED SYNCHRONIZED ND-YAG LASER-BEAMS, Annales de physique, 20(5-6), 1995, pp. 571-572
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Annales de physique → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034169
Volume
20
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
571 - 572
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4169(1995)20:5-6<571:ERODSN>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
We investigate the phase-locking and the combination of the two output beams produced by a Nd:YAG laser, longitudinally pumped by two indepe ndent pig-tailed laser diodes. The phase locking is due to a diffracti ve component located inside a special afocal resonator. The transforma tion of the two phase-locked beams to a single gaussien wave is perfor med by a birefringent interferometer. 610 mW has been obtained in a si ngle lobe beam profile with 30% conversion efficiency in cw.