• DocumentCode
    3483656
  • Title

    Stripe pumping: an alternative to end-pumping

  • Author

    Afzal, Robert S. ; Selker, Mark D.

  • Author_Institution
    NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    31 Oct-3 Nov 1994
  • Firstpage
    174
  • Abstract
    We describe here the use of high power, quasi-cw diode bars collimated with cylindrical micro-lenses to efficiently side-pump an Nd:LiYF4 crystal such that the fundamental transverse mode of the resonator is automatically selected. This pumping scheme (stripe pumping) offers most of the advantages of end-pumping including high modal overlap, single transverse mode operation and Q switching
  • Keywords
    optical pumping; LiYF4:Nd; Nd:LiYF4 crystal; Q switching; YLF:Nd; cylindrical micro-lenses; end-pumping; fundamental transverse mode; high modal overlap; high power; laser pumping; laser resonator; quasi-cw diode bars; single transverse mode operation; stripe pumping; Bars; Diodes; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical collimators; Optical resonators; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers; Slabs; Solid lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1994. LEOS '94 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Boston, MA
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-1470-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.1994.586409
  • Filename
    586409
    • Link To Document
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