Diode-pumped monolithic miniature Nd:YAG ring lasers operating at output powers of several watts

Ingo Freitag; Andreas Tuennermann; Herbert Welling

doi:10.1117/12.206488

10 April 1995 Diode-pumped monolithic miniature Nd:YAG ring lasers operating at output powers of several watts

Ingo Freitag, Andreas Tuennermann, Herbert Welling

Proceedings Volume 2379, Solid State Lasers and Nonlinear Crystals; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.206488
Event: Photonics West '95, 1995, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Substantial progress in power scaling of diode-pumped monolithic Nd:YAG ring lasers is reported. By using a new crystal geometry with a negative curved front facet the thermally induced lens inside the active medium is partially compensated. Applying this design single-frequency operation at 1064 nm is observed at output powers of more than 1.8 W cw. Coherent superposition of the radiation from two miniature ring lasers is achieved by injection locking of these systems. Amplitude and frequency stability of the miniature ring lasers will be discussed for the free-running and the injection-locked laser systems.

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Ingo Freitag, Andreas Tuennermann, and Herbert Welling "Diode-pumped monolithic miniature Nd:YAG ring lasers operating at output powers of several watts", Proc. SPIE 2379, Solid State Lasers and Nonlinear Crystals, (10 April 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.206488

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