A high power, high slope efficiency laser diode pumped continuous Nd:glass laser
A high power, high slope efficiency laser diode pumped continuous Nd:glass laser
It has recently been shown that picosecond pulses may be readily obtained by the active mode-locking of the laser-diode-pumped Nd:glass laser. Sub-picosecond pulses have been obtained from a Nd:glass laser pumped by a krypton ion laser using the technique of self-starting additive pulse mode-locking. The existence of an intensity dependent threshold for the onset of self-starting APM indicates the need for the development of high power, high slope efficiency laser-diode-pumped Nd:glass lasers if self-starting APM is to be achieved in this system. In this paper, we report the operation of a Nd:glass laser pumped by three single stripe laser diodes, which yielded an output power of 360 mW with a slope efficiency of 32%. This performance is shown to be similar to that obtained using an argon ion laser-pumped Ti:sapphire laser as the pump source.
Hughes, D.W.
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Bailey, C.A.
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Barr, J.R.M.
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Phillips, M.W.
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1991
Hughes, D.W.
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Bailey, C.A.
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Barr, J.R.M.
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Phillips, M.W.
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Hanna, D.C.
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Hughes, D.W., Bailey, C.A., Barr, J.R.M., Phillips, M.W. and Hanna, D.C.
(1991)
A high power, high slope efficiency laser diode pumped continuous Nd:glass laser.
EQEC '91: 3rd European Quantum Electronics Conference & 10th National Quantum Electronics Conference, Edinburgh, United Kingdom.
27 - 30 Aug 1991.
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It has recently been shown that picosecond pulses may be readily obtained by the active mode-locking of the laser-diode-pumped Nd:glass laser. Sub-picosecond pulses have been obtained from a Nd:glass laser pumped by a krypton ion laser using the technique of self-starting additive pulse mode-locking. The existence of an intensity dependent threshold for the onset of self-starting APM indicates the need for the development of high power, high slope efficiency laser-diode-pumped Nd:glass lasers if self-starting APM is to be achieved in this system. In this paper, we report the operation of a Nd:glass laser pumped by three single stripe laser diodes, which yielded an output power of 360 mW with a slope efficiency of 32%. This performance is shown to be similar to that obtained using an argon ion laser-pumped Ti:sapphire laser as the pump source.
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Published date: 1991
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EQEC '91: 3rd European Quantum Electronics Conference & 10th National Quantum Electronics Conference, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 1991-08-27 - 1991-08-30
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D.W. Hughes
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C.A. Bailey
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J.R.M. Barr
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M.W. Phillips
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D.C. Hanna
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