Title

Properties of diode laser pumps for high-power solid-state lasers

Authors

Authors

M. Bass;J. Dong

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

IEEE J. Quantum Electron.

Keywords

diode-pumped lasers; energy transfer; laser spectroscopy; Nd : YAG; lasers; optical pumping; solid-state lasers; Yb : YAG lasers; SLAB LASERS; Engineering, Electrical & Electronic; Optics; Physics, Applied

Abstract

Diode lasers used to pump high average power solid-state lasers typically have broad spectral width so that most of the pump light is not at the peak of the gain medium's absorption feature. However, the long absorption length in these lasers enables even weakly absorbed light to pump efficiently. The result is that high absorption efficiency and improved pump distribution uniformity are possible when using realistic pump diodes. In addition, both quantities are nearly independent of the pump center wavelength.

Journal Title

Ieee Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volume

41

Issue/Number

2

Publication Date

1-1-2005

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

183

Last Page

186

WOS Identifier

WOS:000226594400009

ISSN

0018-9197

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