Diode pumped CW Nd:YAG laser operating at 938.5 nm
Diode pumped CW Nd:YAG laser operating at 938.5 nm
- Author(s): R. Koch ; W.A. Clarkson ; D.C. Hanna
- DOI: 10.1049/el:19960400
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- Author(s): R. Koch 1 ; W.A. Clarkson 1 ; D.C. Hanna 1
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1: Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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1: Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Volume 32, Issue 6,
14 March 1996,
p.
553 – 554
DOI: 10.1049/el:19960400 , Print ISSN 0013-5194, Online ISSN 1350-911X
Efficient operation of a Nd:YAG laser on the quasi-three-level transition at 938.5 nm, end-pumped by a 20 W diode bar is reported. For the maximum available incident power of 13.6 W we have obtained a CW laser output at room temperature of 2.0 W in a near diffraction-limited TEM00 beam.
Inspec keywords: solid lasers; optical pumping; neodymium; laser transitions; laser beams; light diffraction
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Subjects: Solid lasers; Laser beam characteristics and interactions; Lasing action in other solids; Design of specific laser systems; Laser beam interactions and properties
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