Title :
370 mW, 1.06 μm, CW TEM00 output from an Nd:YAG laser rod end-pumped by a monolithic diode array
Author :
Berger, Josef ; Welch, D.F. ; Scifres, D.R. ; Streifer, W. ; Cross, P.S.
Author_Institution :
Spectra Diode Laboratories, San Jose, USA
Abstract :
We report 370 mW CW output at 1.06 μm in the TEM00 mode with 9.1% electrical to optical (wall-plug) conversion efficiency from an Nd:YAG laser rod end-pumped by a monolithic 100 μm-wide diode laser array.
Keywords :
garnets; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; 1.06 micron; 370 mW; 9.1 percent; CW lasers; YAG:Nd laser; YAl5O12:Nd;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19870478