Efficient high-power diode-end-pumped TEM00 Nd : YVO4 laser

Authors
Chen, YF Huang, TM Liao, CC Lan, YP Wang, SC
Citation
Yf. Chen et al., Efficient high-power diode-end-pumped TEM00 Nd : YVO4 laser, IEEE PHOTON, 11(10), 1999, pp. 1241-1243
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
ISSN journal
10411135 → ACNP
Volume
11
Issue
10
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1241 - 1243
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(199910)11:10<1241:EHDTN:>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
We demonstrate a compact and efficient diode-end-pumped TEM00 laser with ou tput power of 25.2 W for 52 W of incident pump power by use of a single YVO 4 crystal with a Nd concentration of 0.3 at.%. In Q-switched operation 21-W of average power at a pulse repetition rate of 100 kHz and similar to 1.1- mJ pulse energy at a pulse repetition rate of 10 kHz were produced, At 10 k Hz, the pulse width is around 10 ns and the peak power is higher than 100 k W.