EFFICIENT TEM00 OPERATION OF ND-YVO4 LASER END-PUMPED BY FIBER-COUPLED DIODE-LASER

Authors
ZHANG J QUADE M DU KM LIAO Y FALTER S BAUMANN M LOOSEN P POPRAWE R
Citation
J. Zhang et al., EFFICIENT TEM00 OPERATION OF ND-YVO4 LASER END-PUMPED BY FIBER-COUPLED DIODE-LASER, Electronics Letters, 33(9), 1997, pp. 775-777
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
33
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Pages
775 - 777
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1997)33:9<775:ETOONL>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The authors have demonstrated efficient TEM00 operation of the Nd:YVO4 rod laser, one-end-pumped by a one-fibre-coupled diode laser. A 11.6W linearly polarised laser output with an optical efficiency of 54% in TEM00 mode has been achieved.