A simple, thermally-stabilised, diode end-pumped, planar Nd : YAG laser

Authors
Blows, JL Dawes, JM Piper, JA
Citation
Jl. Blows et al., A simple, thermally-stabilised, diode end-pumped, planar Nd : YAG laser, OPT COMMUN, 162(4-6), 1999, pp. 247-250
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS
ISSN journal
00304018 → ACNP
Volume
162
Issue
4-6
Year of publication
1999
Pages
247 - 250
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(19990415)162:4-6<247:ASTDEP>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We report a simple planar Nd:YAG laser design that produces over 3 W of TEM 00 output at 1.064 mu m, end-pumped by a single laser-diode array. The diod e output is brought to a line focus within the laser crystal, producing a p lanar gain volume. The laser cavity incorporates a single cylindrical lens providing a highly elliptical mode and giving good pump and cavity mode ove rlap. The strong thermal lensing, which is an unavoidable feature of multi- Watt end-pumping, is exploited in the present cavity design. (C) 1999 Elsev ier Science B.V. All rights reserved.