Title :
Laser operation of highly doped TGT grown Nd:YAG in a bounce geometry
Author :
Minassian, A. ; Sautter, D. ; Damzen, M.J. ; Jiang, Benxue ; Li, Hongjun ; Xu, Jun
Author_Institution :
Imperial Coll. London, London
Abstract :
This paper reports for the first time a laser operation of 2 at.% and 3 at.% doped temperature gradient technique (TGT) grown Nd:YAG samples in the bounce geometry. The bounce geometry cavity design facilitates high power, high efficiency laser operation with high beam quality.
Keywords :
crystal growth; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; neodymium; optical materials; solid lasers; Nd:YAG crystals; YAG:Nd; beam quality; bounce geometry; cavity design; laser operation; temperature gradient technique; Crystals; Doping; Educational institutions; Geometrical optics; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Optical pumping; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4385888
