Title :
Enhancing solar-pumped Nd:YAG laser output performances by light guides and a V-groove cavity
Author :
Almeida, Joana ; Liang, Dawei
Author_Institution :
Dept. de Fis., Univ. Nova de Lisboa, Caparica, Portugal
Abstract :
For improving solar-pumped laser output performance, a double-stage light-guide/V-groove cavity is proposed to pump a Nd:YAG laser rod. Both high beam quality and high collection efficiency are achieved.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; V-groove cavity; YAG:Nd; high beam quality; high collection efficiency; laser rod; light guides; solar-pumped laser output performances; Lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942469