EFFICIENT PULSED 946-NM LASER-EMISSION FROM ND-YAG PUMPED BY A TITANIUM-DOPED SAPPHIRE LASER

Authors
LUTZ Y MUSSET O BOQUILLON JP HIRTH A
Citation
Y. Lutz et al., EFFICIENT PULSED 946-NM LASER-EMISSION FROM ND-YAG PUMPED BY A TITANIUM-DOPED SAPPHIRE LASER, Applied optics, 37(15), 1998, pp. 3286-3289
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Applied optics → ACNP
Volume
37
Issue
15
Year of publication
1998
Pages
3286 - 3289
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
Efficient pulsed room-temperature laser emission at 946 nm is obtained from a Nd:YAG rod pumped bg a Ti-doped sapphire laser in the free-run ning mode. Three banded YAG rods of 3-mm diameter with different Nd co ncentrations and active lengths were tested. A maximum output energy o f 83.5 mJ at 3 Hz was obtained with a slope efficiency of 32.3% in an end-pumping configuration. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.