Scalable single-frequency diode-pumped ring laser
Abstract
A diode-pumped discrete-element ring laser that can be end pumped simultaneously along two intersecting axes is described. The maximum power obtained was 493-mW single frequency at 1.06 micron. A demonstration of CW and Q-switched operations was performed for the fundamental and second harmonic, and a second-harmonic conversion efficiency of 43 percent was obtained. This ring laser is shown to incorporate significant advantages in terms of alignment and scalability.
- Publication:
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Applied Optics
- Pub Date:
- March 1992
- DOI:
- 10.1364/AO.31.001221
- Bibcode:
- 1992ApOpt..31.1221S
- Keywords:
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- Laser Outputs;
- Optical Pumping;
- Q Switched Lasers;
- Ring Lasers;
- Semiconductor Diodes;
- Yag Lasers;
- Narrowband;
- Neodymium Lasers;
- Lasers and Masers;
- LASERS: NEODYMIUM;
- LASERS: RING;
- LASERS: DIODE-PUMPED