A side-pumped Nd:YAG epitaxial waveguide laser
We report the first operation of a side-pumped crystal waveguide laser. Both diode array and dye laser side-pumping of an epitaxially grown Nd:YAG planar waveguide laser have been demonstrated, with thresholds as low as 8 mW observed for a simple plane mirror cavity. Output slope efficiencies of 19%...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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1992.
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