We present experimental investigation on quasi-threelevel operation of Nd:GdVO4 laser under 879 nm laser diode pumping into the emitting level. By using a 5-mm-long, 0.2-at.% bulk crystal, the maximal 3.65 W continuous wave 912 nm laser is obtained under 16.5 W pump power. The slope efficiency is 35
Quasi-three-level Nd:LuVO4 laser under diode pumping directly into the emitting level
✍ Scribed by Y.F. Lü; J. Xia; X.H. Zhang
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 157 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1612-2011
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✦ Synopsis
We describe the output performances of the 916 nm 4 F 3/2 → 4 I 9/2 transition in Nd:LuVO4 under in-band pumping with diode laser at the 880 nm wavelength, directly into the 4 F 3/2 emitting level. An end-pumped Nd:LuVO 4 crystal yielded 11.7 W of continuous-wave output power for 23.5 W of absorbed pump power. The slope efficiency with respect to the absorbed pump power was 66.6%. Furthermore, 5.9 W 458 nm deep-blue light was acquired by frequency doubling, resulting in an opticalto-optical efficiency with respect to the absorbed pump power of 25.1%. Comparative results obtained for the pump with diode laser at 809 nm, into the highly-absorbing 4 F 5/2 level, are given in order to prove the advantages of the in-band pumping.
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