Compact diode-side-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser in grazing-incidence configuration |
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Authors: | J.C. Bermudez Gutierrez M.J. Damzen V.J. Pinto-Robledo A.V. Kir’yanov J.J. Soto-Bernal |
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Affiliation: | (1) Centro de Investigaciones en Optica, Lomas del Bosque 115, León, Gto., 37150, México, MX;(2) The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, London, SW7 2BW, UK, UK |
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Abstract: | The analysis of compact CW diode-side-pumped grazing-incidence-geometry Nd:YVO4 laser designs is presented. An output power of 5 W (λ=1064 nm) was produced at 17 W of diode pump (conversion efficiency of 30%) in single transverse TEM00 mode operation at high laser beam quality (Mx 2≈1.05 and My 2≈1.01). The resonator geometry was analyzed by applying generalized 4×4 matrix modeling of the spatial mode size, including the impact on the laser operation of cavity astigmatism and a thermal lens in the laser slab. The simplicity and compactness of the laser cavities allow their use for technological applications. Received: 31 July 2002 / Published online: 22 January 2003 RID="*" ID="*"Corresponding author. Fax: +44-20/7594-7744, E-mail: m.damzen@ic.ac.uk |
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Keywords: | PACS: 42.55.Xi 42.60.Da |
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