Longitudinally diode-pumped Nd : YAG double-clad planar waveguide laser

Authors
Mackenzie, JI Li, C Shepherd, DP Meissner, HE Mitchell, SC
Citation
Ji. Mackenzie et al., Longitudinally diode-pumped Nd : YAG double-clad planar waveguide laser, OPTICS LETT, 26(10), 2001, pp. 698-700
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
26
Issue
10
Year of publication
2001
Pages
698 - 700
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(20010515)26:10<698:LDN:YD>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
We report the demonstration of a near-diffraction-limited, compact, diode-e nd-pumped double-clad planar waveguide Nd:YAG laser. Efficient laser operat ion was achieved for the three dominant Nd3+ transitions, at 1.064, 0.946, and 1.32 mum, with TE polarized output powers of 1.33, 0.57, and 0.33 W for the available output couplers. The output beam from the monolithic plane-p lane laser cavity had measured M-2 values of 1.0 and 1.8 perpendicular and parallel, respectively, to the plane of the waveguide. (C) 2001 Optical Soc iety of America.