• DocumentCode
    2789375
  • Title

    High efficiency diode-side-pumped Nd3+:YLiF4 laser at 1053nm

  • Author

    Wetter, Niklaus Ursus ; Sousa, Eduardo Colombo ; Camargo, Fabíola ; Ranieri, Izilda Marcia ; Baldochi, Sonia Lícia

  • Author_Institution
    Centro de Lasers e Aplic., Inst. de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucl., Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    14-19 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    In this work, we describe a very compact cavity with two total internal reflections inside the crystal and demonstrate 6.9 W of output power in fundamental mode, which results in 33% optical-to-optical efficiency and 42% slope efficiency.
  • Keywords
    laser beams; laser cavity resonators; neodymium; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; ytterbium compounds; YLF:Nd3+; diode-side-pumped laser; efficiency 33 percent; efficiency 42 percent; laser cavity; optical pump power; optical-to-optical efficiency; power 6.9 W; pump pulse duration; slope efficiency; total internal reflection; wavelength 1053 nm; Diodes; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Mirrors; Neodymium; Optical pumping; Power generation; Pump lasers; Slabs;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Munich
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4079-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4080-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192255
  • Filename
    5192255
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2789375