Title :
Medium-power diode-pumped operation of Nd:BaY2F8
Author :
Agnesi, Antonio ; Guandalini, A. ; Reali, Gianluca
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettronica, Pavia Univ., Italy
Abstract :
We reported a detailed investigation of a low-power diode-pumped Nd:BaY2F8. Here we summarize the results of a nearly 10-fold power-scaled Nd:BaY2F8 pumped by a 12-W fiber-coupled diode array. In conclusions, Nd:BaY2F8 seems a promising material for high-power diode-pumped lasers, specially for applications requiring thermally-insensitive resonator performances, such as cw intracavity doubling, where thermal diffractive losses must be also carefully controlled.
Keywords :
barium compounds; neodymium; optical fibre couplers; optical pumping; solid lasers; 12 W; BaY2F8:Nd; fiber-coupled diode array; low-power diode-pumped Nd:BaY2F8 laser; Absorption; Crystals; Diodes; Fiber lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Power generation; Pump lasers; Semiconductor laser arrays; Thermal lensing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7734-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312091