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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7734-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312122
