DocumentCode
3150633
Title
Side-pumped solar laser by optical fibers
Author
Martins, Rui ; Mota, Raquel ; Bernardes, Pedro ; Liang, Dawei
Author_Institution
Dept. de Fisica, Univ. Nova de Lisboa, Campus de Caparica, Portugal
fYear
2003
fDate
22-27 June 2003
Firstpage
60
Abstract
Optical fibers were used to couple the concentrated solar energy from a primary parabolic mirror to a thin Nd:YAG laser crystal. Both flexibility in transmission and uniformity in pumping were achieved.
Keywords
neodymium; optical elements; optical fibre couplers; optical pumping; solar energy concentrators; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; Nd:YAG laser crystal; YAG: Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; concentrated solar energy; optical fibers; primary parabolic mirror; side-pumped solar laser; transmission; Fiber lasers; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical coupling; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solar energy;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7734-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312122
Filename
1312122
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