High-power, single-frequency semiconductor amplifier system with feedback-insensitive Nd:YAG microcrystal master oscillator

Author

Jost, G. ; Martin, U. ; Jager, Rudolf ; Heerlein, J. ; Deichsel, E. ; Unger, P. ; Schmitt, N.P. ; Koniger, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Optoelectron., Ulm Univ., Germany

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

1-4 Dec 1998

Firstpage

350

Abstract

We have developed semiconductor tapered amplifiers and systems for high-power and single-frequency emission combing the excellent spatial and spectral beam quality of a feedback-insensitive solid-state microcrystal laser and the high electrical to optical conversion efficiency of semiconductor amplifiers

Keywords

laser beams; laser frequency stability; neodymium; semiconductor optical amplifiers; solid lasers; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; feedback-insensitive Nd:YAG microcrystal master oscillator; feedback-insensitive solid-state microcrystal laser; high electrical to optical conversion efficiency; high-power single-frequency semiconductor amplifier system; semiconductor amplifiers; semiconductor tapered amplifiers; single-frequency emission; spatial beam quality; spectral beam quality; High power amplifiers; Laser feedback; Neodymium; Optical amplifiers; Optical feedback; Oscillators; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Solid lasers; Surface emitting lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4947-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1998.737874

Filename

737874