High energy erbium laser end-pumped by a laser diode bar array coupled to a Nonimaging Optic Concentrator

A high energy Er 3+, Yb 3+:glass laser end pumped by a laser diode array emitting at 980 nm coupled to a Nonimaging Optic Concentrator (NOC) is demonstrated. Energy up to 100 mJ and a 16% slope efficiency are achieved in a plano-plano laser cavity. The energy transfer coefficient from Yb 3+ to Er 3+...

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Published in:Optics communications 1998, Vol.145 (1), p.105-108
Main Authors: Tanguy, E, Feugnet, G, Pocholle, J.P, Blondeau, R, Poisson, M.A, Duchemin, J.P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Diode-pumped lasers
Doped-insulator lasers and other solid state lasers
Electronics
Engineering Sciences
Exact sciences and technology
Fundamental areas of phenomenology (including applications)
Lasers
Optics
Physics
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Summary:A high energy Er 3+, Yb 3+:glass laser end pumped by a laser diode array emitting at 980 nm coupled to a Nonimaging Optic Concentrator (NOC) is demonstrated. Energy up to 100 mJ and a 16% slope efficiency are achieved in a plano-plano laser cavity. The energy transfer coefficient from Yb 3+ to Er 3+ is estimated by a new method.
ISSN:0030-4018
1873-0310
DOI:10.1016/S0030-4018(97)00389-1