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Opt Lett. 2006 Nov 15;31(22):3297-9. doi: 10.1364/ol.31.003297.

High-efficiency 60 W TEM(00) Nd:YVO(4) oscillator pumped at 888 nm.

Optics letters

Louis McDonagh, Richard Wallenstein, Ralf Knappe, Achim Nebel

Affiliations

  1. Fachbereich Physik, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 17072402 DOI: 10.1364/ol.31.003297

Abstract

We propose a technique for pumping Nd:YVO(4) with high optical power at 888nm while making absorption independent of the pump light polarization state. This is especially suitable for systems end pumped by high-power, high-brightness fiber-coupled diode sources associated with long vanadate crystals to effectively spread the heat load in a large volume. A compact 60 W output, 55% optical efficiency cw TEM(00) oscillator was demonstrated.

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