Improved solid-state laser sources, volume 2
Abstract
The slab geometry laser concept was extended to increasingly larger slab glass systems and crystalline laser materials. Conduction cooling through a thin static gas layer was demonstrated for glass and crystalline materials. Continuous wave (CW) laser oscillation was obtained in Nd:GGG demonstrating that the slab technique allows high average power operation in materials with large dn/dT. The first demonstration of optical parametric oscillation in a chalcopyrite crystal using AgGaS2 was made. The design and construction of a single crystal fiber growth machine was completed. Fibers of sapphire, ruby, lithium niobate, and Nd:YAG were grown.
- Publication:
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Stanford Univ. Report
- Pub Date:
- March 1984
- Bibcode:
- 1984stan.reptT....B
- Keywords:
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- Crystal Growth;
- Fibers;
- Glass Lasers;
- Laser Materials;
- Pyrites;
- Single Crystals;
- Solid State Lasers;
- Infrared Radiation;
- Laser Outputs;
- Lithium Compounds;
- Neodymium Lasers;
- Ruby;
- Sapphire;
- Silver Compounds;
- Lasers and Masers