Diode-pumped CW and passively Q-switched solid-state lasers with an ultra-thin Nd:YVO/sub 4/ crystal as the gain medium

Author

Cheng Li ; Ken-ichi Ueda

Author_Institution

Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

464

Lastpage

465

Abstract

Summary form only given. Diode-pumped single-mode solid-state lasers have many advantages in coherent lidars, coherent optical communications, and high-resolution spectroscopy applications. In the last decade, single mode solid-state lasers have been constructed and demonstrated using several different gain media and a variety of techniques, including ring lasers, microchip lasers, and intracavity wave-plates to prevent spatial hole burning. In this paper, a diode-pumped, single-mode CW and passively Q-switched solid-state laser using an ultra-thin Nd:YVO/sub 4/ crystal as the gain medium has been presented.

Keywords

Q-switching; laser modes; microcavity lasers; neodymium; optical pumping; ring lasers; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; Nd:YVO/sub 4/ crystal; YVO/sub 4/:Nd; coherent lidars; diode-pumped CW solid-state lasers; high-resolution spectroscopy applications; intracavity waveplates; microchip lasers; optical communications; passively Q-switched solid-state lasers; ring lasers; single mode solid-state lasers; spatial hole burning; ultra-thin laser crystal gain medium; Diodes; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Microchip lasers; Optimized production technology; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Ring lasers; 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.2001.948048

Filename

948048