• DocumentCode
    2403216
  • 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
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    27-28 Oct. 2003
  • Firstpage
    1013
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7888-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2003.1253151
  • Filename
    1253151