Low-threshold monomode ion-exchanged waveguide lasers in neodymium-doped BK-7 glass

E.K. Mwarania, L. Reekie, J. Wang, James S. Wilkinson

Electronics Letters · 1990 · 25 citations · 2 references

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Abstract

Waveguide lasers have been fabricated by potassium ionexchange in neodymium-doped BK-7 glass. Lasers operating at λ = 1058 nm in a single-transverse-mode at both pump and lasing wavelengths showed launched-power thresholds as low as 7.5 mW.

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