High-power, continuous-wave, Nd:YAG microchip laser array

A transversely extended, flat-flat monolithic Nd:YAG laser cavity was pumped by a two-dimensional laser-diode array to form an array of cw microchip laser emitters with total output power of 9.8 W for an incident pump power of 38.5 W. The ensemble optical efficiency was 25.5%, the slope efficiency w...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Optics letters 1992-11, Vol.17 (22), p.1587-1589
Hauptverfasser:	NABORS, C. D, SANCHEZ, A, MOORADIAN, A
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Doped-insulator lasers and other solid state lasers Exact sciences and technology Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications) Lasers Optics Physics
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Zusammenfassung:	A transversely extended, flat-flat monolithic Nd:YAG laser cavity was pumped by a two-dimensional laser-diode array to form an array of cw microchip laser emitters with total output power of 9.8 W for an incident pump power of 38.5 W. The ensemble optical efficiency was 25.5%, the slope efficiency was 32.5%, and the beams were shown to have excellent spatial mode quality and parallelism.
ISSN:	0146-9592 1539-4794
DOI:	10.1364/OL.17.001587