Single longitudinal mode, diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 slab laser

Vladimir D. Lokhnygin; John E. Bernard; John A. Alcock

doi:10.1117/12.165630

5 January 1994 Single longitudinal mode, diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 slab laser

Vladimir D. Lokhnygin, John E. Bernard, John A. Alcock

Proceedings Volume 2041, Mode-locked and Other Ultrashort Laser Designs, Amplifiers, and Applications; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.165630
Event: Optics Quebec, 1993, Quebec City, Canada

Abstract

Tunable, single longitudinal mode output has been obtained from a grazing-incidence grating- tuned Nd:YVO₄ slab laser pumped by a quasi-cw diode laser bar. In order to compensate for the very high output coupling losses, a side pumping scheme using a single high angle of incidence reflection at the flat pump face is used to produce very high gain in the laser material. A pulse energy of up to 1 mJ in 200 microsecond(s) has been obtained for a 12 mJ pump pulse. The almost TEM₀₀ output remained single longitudinal mode for periods of several minutes without active stabilization and could be tuned over a wavelength range of greater than 1 nm.

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Vladimir D. Lokhnygin, John E. Bernard, and John A. Alcock "Single longitudinal mode, diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 slab laser", Proc. SPIE 2041, Mode-locked and Other Ultrashort Laser Designs, Amplifiers, and Applications, (5 January 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.165630

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