Nd:MgO:LiNbO sub 3 waveguide laser and amplifier

Journal Article · Fri Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 1990 · Optics Letters; (USA)

OSTI ID:6733716

Lallier, E; Pocholle, J P; Papuchon, M ^[1]; Micheli, M d; Li, M J; He, Q; Ostrowsky, D ^[2]; Grezes-Besset, C; Pelletier, E ^[3]

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1. Thomson-CSF, Laboratoire Central de Recherches, 91404 Orsay Cedex (France)
2. Laboratoire de Physique de la Matiere Condensee, Universite de Nice, 06034 Nice (France)
3. Laboratoire d'Optique des Surfaces et des Couches Minces, Domaine Universitaire Saint-Jerome, 13397 Marseille Cedex (France)

We report efficient operation of a channel waveguide laser and a channel waveguide amplifier in Nd:MgO:LiNbO{sub 3}. For the laser a cw output power of 2.9 mW was obtained for 23.6 mW of absorbed pump power. The absorbed pump power at threshold was 1.5 mW, and a slope efficiency of 13% was achieved. For the amplifier a small-signal gain of 7.5 dB was achieved for 22 mW of coupled pump power.

• OSTI ID: 6733716
• Journal Information: Optics Letters; (USA), Journal Name: Optics Letters; (USA) Vol. 15:12; ISSN 0146-9592; ISSN OPLED
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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