Further development of a diode-pumped Nd:YVO4/Nd:YAG hybrid oscillator

John A. Alcock; Denis Julien Gendron; Suwas K. Nikumb

doi:10.1117/12.328690

4 December 1998 Further development of a diode-pumped Nd:YVO₄/Nd:YAG hybrid oscillator

John A. Alcock, Denis Julien Gendron, Suwas K. Nikumb

Proceedings Volume 3491, 1998 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology III: Closing the Gap between Theory, Development, and Applications; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.328690
Event: 1998 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology, 1998, Ottawa, Canada

Abstract

A hybrid diode-pumped laser, incorporating an end-pumped Nd:YAG rod and a side-pumped slab of Nd:YVO₄ used at grazing incidence, has been operated at a repetition rate of 1000 pps. With an average power of 5 W deposited in the Nd:YAG, the output power of 1.8 W was twice that obtained when only the Nd:YVO₄ was pumped. With a pulse duration of 4.5 ns, this system provides a peak power of 400 kW in a near diffraction limited beam.

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John A. Alcock, Denis Julien Gendron, and Suwas K. Nikumb "Further development of a diode-pumped Nd:YVO₄/Nd:YAG hybrid oscillator", Proc. SPIE 3491, 1998 International Conference on Applications of Photonic Technology III: Closing the Gap between Theory, Development, and Applications, (4 December 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.328690

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