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oaioai:eprints.soton.ac.uk:13718

Continuous-wave and passively Q -switched cladding-pumped planar waveguide lasers

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15 June 2001
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Doi

    Abstract

    Greater than 12W of average output power has been generated from a diode-pumped YbYAG cladding-pumped planar waveguide laser. The laser radiation developed is linearly polarized and diffraction limited in the guiding dimension. A slope efficiency of 0.5WW with a peak optical optical conversion efficiency of 0.31WW is achieved. In a related structure, greater than 8W of Q -switched average output power has been generated from a NdYAG cladding-pumped planar waveguide laser by incorporation of a Cr 4+ YAG passive Q switch monolithically into the waveguide structure. Pulse widths of 3ns and pulse-repetition frequencies as high as 80kHz have been demonstrated. A slope efficiency of 0.28WW with a peak optical optical conversion efficiency of 0.21WW is achieved

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