Demonstration of a coupled-cavity Nd:YVO/sub 4//Nd:YAG laser

Author

Dicks, B.-M. ; Kretschmann, M. ; Petermann, K. ; Huber, G.

fYear

2000

fDate

10-15 Sept. 2000

Abstract

Summary form only given. The goal of our experiment was to enhance the output power of an end pumped Nd:YVO/sub 4/ microchip laser without decreasing the beam characteristics by placing a Nd:YAG crystal behind it and adding an external output mirror. This resulted in a coupling of the microchip resonator with the external resonator including the Nd:YAG crystal. The idea behind this simple setup was to achieve lasing with the Nd:YVO/sub 4/ acting as the master oscillator and the Nd:YAG as the power amplifier. Ideally, this should result in polarized, single longitudinal and transverse mode operation at higher output powers than the microchip on its own.

Keywords

laser mirrors; laser modes; microcavity lasers; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; Nd:YAG crystal; Nd:YAG power amplifier; Nd:YVO/sub 4/ microchip laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; YVO/sub 4/:Nd; coupled-cavity Nd:YVO/sub 4//Nd:YAG laser; end pumped; external output mirror; external resonator; master oscillator; microchip resonator; output power; output powers; single longitudinal mode operation; transverse mode operation; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Microchip lasers; Mirrors; Oscillators; Polarization; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6319-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2000.910354

Filename

910354