Efficient diode-laser-pumped 946 nm Nd:YAG laser with resonator-enhanced pump absorption

Author

Kozlovsky, William J. ; Risk, William P.

Author_Institution

IBM Almaden Res. Center, San Jose, CA, USA

Volume

28

Issue

4

fYear

1992

fDate

4/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1139

Lastpage

1141

Abstract

The pump absorption of a 946-nm Nd:YAG laser was improved by resonating the GaAlAs diode-laser pump light in the 0.33-mm-long, monolithic laser resonator, whose maximum single pass pump absorption was only 18%. When the diode laser frequency was tuned to the pump resonance that was properly impedance matched, the Nd:YAG laser produced 29 mW from an incident diode laser power of 61 mW, for an overall efficiency of 48%. Laser oscillation was observed at both 946 nm and 938 nm

Keywords

laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; 0.33 mm; 18 percent; 29 mW; 48 percent; 61 mW; 938 nm; 946 nm; GaAlAs; IR sources; Nd:YAG laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; diode laser frequency; diode-laser pump light; diode-laser-pumped; incident diode laser power; laser frequency tuning; laser oscillation; maximum single pass pump absorption; monolithic laser resonator; pump resonance; resonator-enhanced pump absorption; semiconductors; Absorption; Diode lasers; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Neodymium; Optical materials; Pump lasers; Solid lasers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/3.135238

Filename

135238