A side-pumped Nd:YAG epitaxial waveguide laser

Autor: David Shepherd, D. C. Hanna, A.C. Large, D. Pelenc, Anne C. Tropper, I. Chartier, Bernard Ferrand
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 1992
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Popis: We report the first operation of a side-pumped crystal waveguide laser. Both diode array and dye laser side-pumping of an epitaxially grown Nd:YAG planar waveguide laser have been demonstrated, with thresholds as low as 8 mW observed for a simple plane mirror cavity. Output slope efficiencies of 19% have also been demonstrated. The threshold and slope efficiency of this system is found to be in good agreement with a simple analytical model.
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