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

Authors
FEUGNET G BUSSAC C LARAT C SCHWARZ M POCHOLLE JP
Citation
G. Feugnet et al., HIGH-EFFICIENCY TEM(00) NDYVO4 LASER LONGITUDINALLY PUMPED BY A HIGH-POWER ARRAY, Optics letters, 20(2), 1995, pp. 157-159
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
20
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
157 - 159
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1995)20:2<157:HTNLLP>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A new simple, compact, and efficient optical device is presented that allows any commercially available arrays or stacks to longitudinally p ump laser materials. A Nd:YVO4 laser was built and an optical-optical efficiency as great as 50% was demonstrated with a diffraction-limited beam.