Partially end-pumped Nd:YAG slab laser with a hybrid resonator
- 1 March 1998
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 23 (5), 370-372
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.23.000370
Abstract
A Nd:YAG slab is partially end pumped by a diode laser stack with three diode laser bars. The pumped volume has a rectangular cross section. A hybrid resonator, which is stable in the plane of small dimension and is off-axis unstable in the plane of large dimension of the gain cross section, was used to yield highly efficient laser operation at diffraction-limited beam quality. The laser design and experimental results are reported.Keywords
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