TM-YVO4 MICROCHIP LASER

Authors
ZAYHOWSKI JJ HARRISON J DILL C OCHOA J
Citation
Jj. Zayhowski et al., TM-YVO4 MICROCHIP LASER, Applied optics, 34(3), 1995, pp. 435-437
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036935
Volume
34
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
435 - 437
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(1995)34:3<435:TML>2.0.ZU;2-X
Abstract
When pumped with a 1-W laser diode, a Tm:YVO4 microchip laser produced 150 mW of 1.92-mu m output in a near-diffraction-limited beam at room temperature. Using a Ti:Al2O3 laser to pump the same device, we showe d that reducing the temperature of the Tm:YVO4 from 20 to -30 degrees C resulted in no measurable change in threshold and increased the slop e efficiency by only 20%.