The effect of Nd concentration on 1064 and 946-nm emission of Nd:YAG lasers under continuous-wave Ti:sapphire pumping

Author

Pavel, N. ; Lupei, V. ; Taira, T.

Author_Institution

Lab. of Solid State Quantum Electron., Inst. of Atomic Phys., Bucharest, Romania

fYear

2003

fDate

22-27 June 2003

Firstpage

64

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss and demonstrate the benefit of using the direct pumping at 885 nm of concentrated Nd:YAG single crystals and ceramics for construction of efficient continuous-wave (CW) solid-state lasers. By using a proper design of the active material and of the laser resonator, slope efficiencies in absorbed power of 79% is demonstrated under end pumping by Ti:Sapphire laser.

Keywords

ceramics; laser beam effects; laser cavity resonators; neodymium; optical design techniques; optical materials; optical pumping; sapphire; semiconductor materials; solid lasers; titanium; yttrium compounds; 1064 nm; 79 percent; 885 nm; 946 nm; Al₂O₃:Ti; Nd concentration effect; Nd:YAG lasers; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; absorbed power; active material design; ceramics; continuous-wave Ti:sapphire pumping; laser resonator; single crystals; slope efficiency; solid-state lasers; Ceramics; Crystalline materials; Crystals; Laser excitation; Neodymium; Optical design; Optical materials; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;

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.2003.1312126

Filename

1312126