Simple, thermally-stabilized, diode end-pumped, planar Nd:YAG laser

Justin L. Blows; Judith M. Dawes; James A. Piper

doi:10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00104-2

Simple, thermally-stabilized, diode end-pumped, planar Nd:YAG laser

Justin L. Blows, Judith M. Dawes, James A. Piper

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Abstract

We report a simple planar Nd:YAG laser design that produces over 3 W of TEM₀₀ output at 1.064 μm, end-pumped by a single laser-diode array. The diode output is brought to a line focus within the laser crystal, producing a planar gain volume. The laser cavity incorporates a single cylindrical lens providing a highly elliptical mode and giving good pump and cavity mode overlap. The strong thermal lensing, which is an unavoidable feature of multi-Watt end-pumping, is exploited in the present cavity design.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	247-250
Number of pages	4
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	162
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0030-4018(99)00104-2
Publication status	Published - 15 Apr 1999

Keywords

diode pumped lasers
thermal lens
astigmatic cavity design
planar Nd:YAG laser

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