Title :
Diode pumping of a blue (473 nm) Nd:YAG/KNbO/sub 3/ microchip laser
Author :
Matthews, D.G. ; Mackinnon, N. ; Conroy, Richard S. ; Sinclair, B.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., St. Andrews Univ., UK
Abstract :
Summary form only given. All-solid-state compact blue and green lasers are required for low-power applications in the medical and reprographics industries. Our group recently reported 13 mW of green and 1 mW of blue radiation generated from diode-pumped composite-material microchip devices. In addition Zarrabi et al. generated 15 mW of blue radiation from a Ti:sapphire laser-pumped Nd:YALO/KNbO/sub 3/ microchip. We report here on a diode-array-pumped Nd:YAG/KNbO/sub 3/ blue microchip laser generating over 25 mW and 5 mW of 473 nm radiation using a 1.2 W and 0.5 W diode array respectively.
Keywords :
neodymium; optical pumping; potassium compounds; solid lasers; 25 mW; 473 nm; 5 mW; YAG:Nd-KNbO/sub 3/; YAl5O12:Nd-KNbO3; all-solid-state laser; blue Nd:YAG/KNbO/sub 3/ microchip laser; composite material device; diode array pumping; low-power applications; Diodes; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser excitation; Laser feedback; Laser tuning; Microchip lasers; Neodymium; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-443-2
