Modelling and experimental investigation of a diode-pumped Tm: YA1O(3) Laser with a- and b-cut crystal orientations

P. Cerny; D. Burns

doi:10.1109/JSTQE.2005.850239

Modelling and experimental investigation of a diode-pumped Tm: YA1O(3) Laser with a- and b-cut crystal orientations

P. Cerny, D. Burns

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Abstract

The Tm:YAlO/sub 3/ laser performance for two crystal orientations in diode-end-pumped configurations is presented in this paper. An advanced numerical model, which included reabsorption, temperature profile in the medium, and pump and laser beam spatial distribution, was used to predict laser performance. An experimental investigation comparing a- and b-oriented Tm:YAlO/sub 3/ crystals laser performance is presented and discussed in detail. The novel a-cut orientation produced superior performance over the traditionally used b-cut orientation. The modeling results were found to be in a good agreement with the measured data.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	674-681
Number of pages	7
Journal	IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Volume	11
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTQE.2005.850239
Publication status	Published - 2005

Keywords

crystal orientation
laser beams
optics
optical pumping lasers

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Modelling and experimental investigation of a diode-pumped Tm: YA1O(3) Laser with a- and b-cut crystal orientations

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