Efficient 914-nm Nd:YVO4 laser under double-end polarized pumping

作者:Jiang, Pengbo; Ding, Xin*; Sheng, Quan*; Li, Bin; Yu, Xuanyi; Zhang, Guizhong; Sun, Bing; Wu, Liang; Liu, Jian; Zhang, Wei; Zhao, Cen; Yao, Jianquan
来源:Applied Optics, 2016, 55(5): 1072-1075.
DOI:10.1364/AO.55.001072

摘要

We report herein the enhancement of output power and optical efficiency of a quasi-three-level Nd:YVO4 laser through a double-end polarized pumping scheme, which improves the usually insufficient pump absorption of the short laser gain medium with low doping concentration, and meanwhile alleviates the influence of thermal effect. 17.7 W laser output at 914 nm is obtained under the launched 808-nm pump of 53.0 W, corresponding to an optical efficiency of 33.4%.