• DocumentCode
    2247967
  • Title

    Ultra-high-power optical vortex output from a side-pumped Nd:GdVO4 bounce laser

  • Author

    Okida, Masahito ; Hayashi, Yasushi ; Omatsu, Takashige

  • Author_Institution
    Grad. Sch. of Adv. Integration Sci., Chiba Univ., Chiba
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4-9 May 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We produced directly an ultra-high-power 1.06 mum vortex mode from a diode-pumped Nd:GdVO4 bounce amplifier. A maximum vortex output of 17.8 W was achieved at a pump power of 55 W.
  • Keywords
    gadolinium compounds; laser modes; neodymium; optical pumping; optical vortices; solid lasers; GdVO4:Nd; Nd:GdVO4 bounce laser; diode pumping; optical vortex; power 17.8 W; power 55 W; wavelength 1.06 mum; Diodes; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical vortices; Power lasers; Production; Pump lasers; (080.4865) Optical vortices; (140.3480) Lasers, diode-pumped; (140.6810) Thermal effects;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-859-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    4571954