Title :
Single frequency solid state laser operated with multi-beam waist mode under tightly focused axial pumping
Author :
Hsieh, Wen-Feng ; Tai, Po-Tse
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
Single frequency losing is achieved even above 15 times of threshold at the 1/3-degenerate resonator configuration in a tight-focused Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser. It results from almost uniformly spatial hole-burning due to excitation of multi-beam waist mode.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; laser modes; neodymium; optical focusing; optical hole burning; optical pumping; solid lasers; 1/3-degenerate resonator configuration; Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser; YVO/sub 4/:Nd; multibeam waist mode; single frequency laser; single frequency losing; solid state laser; spatial hole-burning; tightly focused axial pumping;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
