Title :
Diode-pumped, grazing incidence slab lasers
Author :
Alcock, A.J. ; Bernard, J.E.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Microstructural Sci., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ont., Canada
fDate :
30 Oct-2 Nov 1995
Abstract :
A grazing incidence slab configuration provides a novel approach to the design of efficient, diode pumped lasers based on materials with a relatively high absorption coefficient at the pump wavelength. Although high doping and/or a large absorption cross section at the pump wavelength are required, a significant number of solid state laser materials appear to satisfy these criteria. Nevertheless only a few sytems have been demonstrated so far. In our work Nd-doped materials, Nd:YVO4 and Nd:GdVO4 have been investigated
Keywords :
absorption coefficients; gadolinium compounds; laser cavity resonators; neodymium; optical materials; optical pumping; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; GdVO4:Nd; Nd-doped materials; Nd:GdVO4; Nd:YVO4; YVO4:Nd; diode pumped lasers; diode-pumped slab lasers; grazing incidence slab lasers; high absorption coefficient; high doping; large absorption cross section; pump wavelength; solid lasers; solid state laser materials; Absorption; Diodes; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Neodymium; Optical materials; Optimized production technology; Oscillators; Pump lasers; Slabs;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1995. 8th Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, Volume 1., IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2450-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1995.484658
