Optics Letters · 1994 · 51 citations · 8 references
EngineeringElectrical EngineeringPhysicsOpticsOptoelectronicsPhotonicsLaser DiodesLaser OpticsLaser PhysicsOptical ResonatorsOptical SourcesSemiconductor LasersLaser ResonatorsLaser TuningResonator CouplingResonator DesignTotal Internal ReflectionTunable LasersTuningTuning Range
A tunable Er:YAG laser, side pumped by a quasi-cw InGaAs diode array, generates > 500 mW of power at 2.936 microm. The cavity is a 4-cm plano-concave resonator that uses total internal reflection on the pump face of the Er:YAG crystal to couple the diode emission into the resonating modes of the oscillator. Tuning is accomplished by angle tuning a 300-microm-thick YAG étalon. The tuning range is 2.933-2.939 microm. Thermal lensing limits the duty factor to 4% or 8%, depending on the Er:YAG crystal thickness (2 or 1 mm). A 2.5-cm-long resonator operates at an 11% duty factor and generates 1.3 W of average power.
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