Optimization of rod diameter in solid state lasers side-pumped with multiple laser diode arrays

Newton L. Sims Jr.; Christyl C. Johnson; Norman P. Barnes; George E. Lockard; Patricia L. Cross

doi:10.1117/12.60159

1 June 1992 Optimization of rod diameter in solid state lasers side-pumped with multiple laser diode arrays

Newton L. Sims Jr., Christyl C. Johnson, Norman P. Barnes, George E. Lockard, Patricia L. Cross

Proceedings Volume 1627, Solid State Lasers III; (1992) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.60159
Event: OE/LASE '92, 1992, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Results of a study to determine the optimum laser rod diameter for maximum output energy in a solid state neodymium laser transversely pumped with multiple laser diode arrays are reported here. Experiments were performed with 1.0 mm, 1.5 mm and 2.0 mm rod radii of both neodymium doped Y3Al5O12 (Nd:YAG) and La2Be2O5 (Nd:BeL) pumped with laser diode arrays having a maximum combined energy of 10.5 mJ. Equations were derived which predict the optimum rod radius and corresponding output mirror reflectivity for a given laser material and total pump energy. Predictions of the equations agreed well with the experiments for each of the laser materials which possessed significantly different laser properties from one another.

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Newton L. Sims Jr., Christyl C. Johnson, Norman P. Barnes, George E. Lockard, and Patricia L. Cross "Optimization of rod diameter in solid state lasers side-pumped with multiple laser diode arrays", Proc. SPIE 1627, Solid State Lasers III, (1 June 1992); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.60159

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