Guiding effects in microchip lasers at pump powers well above threshold

Author

Kemp, A.J. ; Conroy, R.S. ; Lake, T.K. ; Friel, G.J. ; Sinclair, B.D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. & Astron., St. Andrews Univ., UK

fYear

1999

fDate

28-28 May 1999

Firstpage

520

Abstract

Summary form only given. Microchip lasers are monolithic devices, typically consisting of a sub-millimetre thick slice of solid state gain material, which is polished to give plane parallel surfaces on to which dielectric mirrors are coated. These lasers are longitudinally pumped by a laser diode. Devices such as Nd:YVO/sub 4/ microchip lasers are highly-efficient and compact lasers which produce beams of high spatial and spectral quality.

Keywords

laser beams; microcavity lasers; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; Nd:YVO/sub 4/ microchip lasers; YVO/sub 4/:Nd; compact lasers; dielectric mirrors; guiding effects; high spatial quality; laser beams; laser diode; longitudinally pumped; microchip lasers; monolithic devices; optical coatings; plane parallel surfaces; polished; pump powers; solid state gain material; spectral quality; sub-millimetre thick slice; well above threshold; Dielectric devices; Dielectric materials; Laser excitation; Microchip lasers; Optical materials; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Solid state circuits; Surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-595-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1999.834534

Filename

834534