Solar-pumped solid-state lasers
| Autor: | Josef Shwartz, M. Weksler |
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| Rok vydání: | 1988 |
| Předmět: |
Materials science
business.industry Slope efficiency Physics::Optics chemistry.chemical_element Laser pumping Solar-pumped laser Condensed Matter Physics Laser Solar energy Neodymium Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics law.invention Optical pumping Optics chemistry law Solid-state laser Optoelectronics Electrical and Electronic Engineering business |
| Zdroj: | IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 24:1222-1228 |
| ISSN: | 1558-1713 0018-9197 |
| DOI: | 10.1109/3.247 |
| Popis: | Results are presented for direct solar pumping of a Nd:YAG rod laser. Stable CW output of more than 60 W was obtained with a slope efficiency exceeding 2%. A compound parabolic concentrator, designed to increase the solar radiation coupled into the laser rod, was used in these experiments. The results are consistent with predictions based on a single solar-pumped laser model, which is also presented. Using this model, it is shown that existing laser materials with broadband absorption characteristics (e.g. alexandrite and Nd:Cr:GSGG) have a potential for better than 10% overall conversion efficiency when solar-pumped. > |
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