Title :
Efficient 879 nm-LD pumped Nd:GdVO/sub 4/ laser and its thermal characteristics
Author :
Ogawa, Takayo ; Urata, Yoshiharu ; Wada, Satoshi ; Onodera, Koichi ; Imai, Tetsutaro ; Machida, Hiroshi ; Higuchi, Mikio ; Kodaira, Kohei
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Phys. & Chem. Res., Saitama, Japan
Abstract :
We realized ah 879 nm-LD-pumped Nd:GdVO/sub 4/ laser with maximum slope efficiency of 78%. Thermal conductivity and the thermal lens effect were measured for characterization of the thermal property of the laser.
Keywords :
laser transitions; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; thermal conductivity; thermal lensing; 78 percent; 879 nm; GdVO/sub 4/:Nd; LD pumped Nd:GdVO/sub 4/ laser; slope efficiency; thermal conductivity; thermal lens effect;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
