Title :
Efficient emission of Laguerre-Gaussian beam from Nd-doped Yttrium Vanadate laser
Author :
Yao Yao ; Minqiang Kang ; Kegui Xia ; Ruxin Li ; Jianlang Li
Author_Institution :
Shanghai Inst. of Opt. & Fine Mech., Shanghai, China
fDate :
June 30 2013-July 4 2013
Abstract :
An laser-diode (LD) end-pumped Nd-doped Yttrium Vanadate (Nd:YVO4) laser was demonstrated to emit the first order Laguerre-Gaussian (LG01) mode. This LG01-mode laser is compact and efficient.
Keywords :
Gaussian distribution; laser beams; laser modes; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; LG01 mode; Laguerre-Gaussian beam; Nd-doped yttrium vanadate laser; YVO4:Nd; first order Laguerre-Gaussian mode; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser theory; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Surface emitting lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (CLEO-PR), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kyoto
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2013.6600471