HIGH SLOPE EFFICIENCY AND LOW-THRESHOLD IN A DIODE-PUMPED EPITAXIALLYGROWN YB-YAG WAVE-GUIDE LASER

Authors
PELENC D CHAMBAZ B CHARTIER I FERRAND B WYON C SHEPHERD DP HANNA DC LARGE AC TROPPER AC
Citation
D. Pelenc et al., HIGH SLOPE EFFICIENCY AND LOW-THRESHOLD IN A DIODE-PUMPED EPITAXIALLYGROWN YB-YAG WAVE-GUIDE LASER, Optics communications, 115(5-6), 1995, pp. 491-497
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
115
Issue
5-6
Year of publication
1995
Pages
491 - 497
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1995)115:5-6<491:HSEALI>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
We report the 1.03 mu m and 1.05 mu m laser operation of a diode-pumpe d Yb-doped YAG planar waveguide. The fabrication and characterisation of such multilayer planar waveguides by liquid phase epitaxy are also described. Diode-pumped laser results (less than or equal to 43 mW thr eshold, greater than or equal to 77% slope efficiency) obtained with 2 .1% output coupling compare very favourably with results reported else where for bulk lasers,