DocumentCode
1025653
Title
Diode-pumped 2 spl mu/m holmium laser
Author
Allen, R. ; Esterowitz, L. ; Goldberg, L. ; Weller, J.F. ; Storm, M.
Author_Institution
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, USA
Volume
22
Issue
18
fYear
1986
Firstpage
947
Abstract
For the first time, a GaAlAs laser diode array pumped Ho:YAG laser operating at 2-1 μm has been demonstrated at 77 K. Laser threshold occurred at 2.7 mW of pump power centred at 785.5 nm. A slope efficiency of 19% was achieved.
Keywords
holmium; optical pumping; solid lasers; laser threshold; pump power; slope efficiency;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19860645
Filename
4256852
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