Title :
Diode-pumped continuous-wave Nd:LuVO4 laser operating at 916nm
Author :
Zhang, Chunyu ; Zhang, Ling ; Zhang, Chi ; Long, Yongbing ; Zhang, Zhiguo ; Wei, Zhiyi ; Zhang, Huaijin
Author_Institution :
Beijing Nat. Lab. for Condensed Matter Phys., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing
Abstract :
A diode-pumped Nd:LuVO4 continuous-wave laser operating at 916 nm was demonstrated for the first time. Output power of 11.4 mW was obtained with 11 W incident pump power, it corresponds to a slope efficiency of 0.22%.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; lutetium compounds; neodymium; optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; solid lasers; LuVO4:Nd; diode-pumped continuous-wave laser; efficiency 0.22 percent; incident pump power; optical conversion efficiency; output power; power 11 W; power 11.4 mW; quasithree level system; slope efficiency; wavelength 916 nm; Absorption; Diodes; Laser excitation; Optical coupling; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; (140.3380) Laser materials; (140.3530) Lasers neodymium; (140.3580) Lasers solid-state;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-813-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4628049
