Diode end-pumped, TEM/sub 00/ Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser with output power greater than 12 W at 355 nm

Author

Hodgson, Norman ; Dudley, D. ; Gruber, Lukas ; Jordan, W. ; Hoffman, Haydn

Author_Institution

Spectra-Physics Lasers, Mountain View, CA, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

389

Lastpage

390

Abstract

Summary form only given. We have developed a diode-bar pumped, Q-switched Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser that generates over 12 W of average power at 355 nm in a polarized TEM/sub 00/ mode (M/sup 2/<1.2). This performance is achieved with 11.5% optical-to-optical conversion efficiency (808 nm to 355 nm). To our knowledge, this is the highest 355 nm TEM/sub 00/ mode power reported to date for an end-pumped solid state laser.

Keywords

Q-switching; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; 11.5 percent; 12 W; 355 nm; 808 nm; Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser; TEM/sub 00/ laser; TEM/sub 00/ mode power; YVO/sub 4/:Nd; average power; diode end-pumped laser; diode-bar pumped Q-switched laser; end-pumped solid state laser; optical-to-optical conversion efficiency; output power; performance; polarized TEM/sub 00/ mode; Diodes; Frequency conversion; Laser excitation; Optical pulse generation; Power generation; Power lasers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Signal generators; Solid lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.947954

Filename

947954