Title :
Improvement of the laser crystals and 879 nm CW LD-pumped Nd:GdVO4 laser
Author :
Ogawa, Takayo ; Wada, Satoshi ; Onodera, Koichi ; Machida, H. ; Sagae, Hideaki ; Higuchi, Mikin ; Kodaira, Kohei
Author_Institution :
RIKEN, Inst. of Phys. & Chem. Res., Saitama, Japan
Abstract :
We achieved the 78% of slope efficiency with Nd:GdVO4 crystals by LD-pumping at 879 nm. By the composition analysis, homogeneity and high reproducibility of crystals were confirmed in case of grown by the floating zone method.
Keywords :
chemical variables measurement; gadolinium compounds; mass spectroscopic chemical analysis; neodymium; optical materials; optical pumping; solid lasers; zone melting; 78 percent; 879 nm; CW laser; GdVO4: Nd; LD pumping; Nd:GdVO4 crystal; composition analysis; continous wave laser diode-pumped laser; floating zone method; laser crystal homogeneity; laser crystal reproducibility; slope efficiency; Crystalline materials; Crystallization; Crystals; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Optical materials; Optical pumping; Plasma measurements; Pump lasers; Thermal conductivity;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1253151