DocumentCode
2148248
Title
Laser operation of highly doped TGT grown Nd:YAG in a bounce geometry
Author
Minassian, A. ; Sautter, D. ; Damzen, M.J. ; Jiang, Benxue ; Li, Hongjun ; Xu, Jun
Author_Institution
Imperial Coll. London, London
fYear
2007
fDate
17-22 June 2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
1
Abstract
This paper reports for the first time a laser operation of 2 at.% and 3 at.% doped temperature gradient technique (TGT) grown Nd:YAG samples in the bounce geometry. The bounce geometry cavity design facilitates high power, high efficiency laser operation with high beam quality.
Keywords
crystal growth; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; neodymium; optical materials; solid lasers; Nd:YAG crystals; YAG:Nd; beam quality; bounce geometry; cavity design; laser operation; temperature gradient technique; Crystals; Doping; Educational institutions; Geometrical optics; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Optical pumping; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location
Munich
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-0931-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4385888
Filename
4385888
Link To Document