Gain mode and laser mode matching in side-pumped Nd : YVO4 and Nd : YAG lasers

Authors
Waichman, K Kravchik, L Kagan, J Labbe, C Kalisky, Y
Citation
K. Waichman et al., Gain mode and laser mode matching in side-pumped Nd : YVO4 and Nd : YAG lasers, OPT MATER, 16(1-2), 2001, pp. 163-172
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Material Science & Engineering
Journal title
OPTICAL MATERIALS
ISSN journal
09253467 → ACNP
Volume
16
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
163 - 172
Database
ISI
SICI code
0925-3467(200102/03)16:1-2<163:GMALMM>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We have used diode arrays in a linear configuration to side-pump both Q-swi tched and free-running Nd:YAG and Nd:YVO4 lasers. The gain modes of the hig h absorption YVO4 and the low absorption YAG were analyzed and compared. Th e gain distribution found was used to evaluate the pump power density, whic h in turn, was used to calculate the dependence of the laser pulse width on the pumping power. The theoretical Q-switch pulse width was compared with the experimental. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.