Diode-bar end-pumped high-power Nd:Y3Al5O12 planar waveguide laser

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作者
Bonner, CL [1 ]
Brown, CTA
Shepherd, DP
Clarkson, WA
Tropper, AC
Hanna, DC
Ferrand, B
机构
[1] Univ Southampton, Optoelect Res Ctr, Southampton SO17 1BJ, Hants, England
[2] CEN, CEA, Dept Optron, Lab Elect Technol & Instrumentat, F-38041 Grenoble, France
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10.1364/OL.23.000942
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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A compact high-power planar waveguide laser end pumped by a diode-bar is reported. The waveguide was fabricated by liquid-phase epitaxy and had an 80-mu m-thick, 1.5-at. % Nd:Y(3)Al(5)O(12 )core on a Y3Al5O12 substrate. A maximum output power of 6.2 W was obtained at 1.064 mu m when the device was pumped with a 20-W diode bar operating near 807 nm, giving an overall optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 31%. The total device length was 5 cm. (C) 1998 Optical Society of America.
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页码:942 / 944
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