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Design and Characterization of a Diode Pumped Nd:YAG Retroreflecting Slab Laser

Journal Article · · Optical Engineering
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2403133· OSTI ID:912776
We describe the design and lasing characteristics of a miniaturized, chip-scale Nd:YAG slab laser. The Nd:YAG laser slab utilizes a retroreflecting corner to achieve a 17-cm optical path length with slab geometry of 10×12×2 mm. The laser is constructed, tested, and shown to successfully lase at 1064 nm under edge pumping with an AlGaAs diode laser at 808 nm. The slab laser is operated in a pulsed-pump excitation mode and shown to support a TEM10 single output mode. The fluence achievable from the edge pumping of this initial cavity geometry results in a 6.0% experimentally measured lasing efficiency
Research Organization:
National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Pittsburgh, PA, Morgantown, WV, and Albany, OR (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE - Office of Fossil Energy (FE)
OSTI ID:
912776
Report Number(s):
DOE/NETL-IR-2007-049
Journal Information:
Optical Engineering, Journal Name: Optical Engineering Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 45; ISSN 0091-3286
Publisher:
Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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