High-power single-mode diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser using a monolithic nonplanar ring resonator
- 1 April 1991
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 16 (7) , 478-480
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.16.000478
Abstract
A 0.91-W single-frequency diode-pumped Nd: YAG laser at 1.06 μm is demonstrated with a TEM00 output. We also report a 60% slope efficiency from another nonplanar monolithic ring laser with diffraction-limited, single-frequency, 1.06-μm output. Injection locking of two 0.17-W monolithic nonplanar ring resonators gave 0.34 W of single-mode power. Actively controlled injection locking of two lasers was demonstrated for indefinite periods.Keywords
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