Accession Number:

ADA505573

Title:

Efficiency and Threshold Analysis of Resonantly Diode-Laser-Pumped 1.6-micrometers Er:YAG Laser

Descriptive Note:

Conference paper

Corporate Author:

PRINCETON LIGHTWAVE INC CRANBURY NJ

Personal Author(s):

• Garbuzov, Dmitri
• Kudryashov, Igor
• Dubinskii, Mark

Report Date:

2005-05-27

Pagination or Media Count:

4.0

Abstract:

Resonant diode pumping of the 1.6-micrometer Er31YAG laser is reported with the absorbed photon conversion efficiency of 26. Fluorescence study indicates that upconversion is a dominant mechanism affecting the solid-state laser threshold.

Descriptors:

• *DIODE LASERS
• *YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET
• RESONANCE
• PHOTONS
• SOLID STATE LASERS
• YAG LASERS
• EFFICIENCY

Subject Categories:

• Geology, Geochemistry and Mineralogy
• Lasers and Masers

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE