High ly efficient diode end pumped Nd:YAG composite rod laser
H. RAZZAGHI1,2,*
,
F. HAJIESMAEILBAIGI1,
A. A. SABOURI-DODARAN2,
J. HASANI-BARBARAN1,
M. MAHDIZADEH1,
D. RAZZAGHI1,
M. R. A. MOGHADDAM1
Affiliation
- Laser and Optics Research School, P. O. Box 11365-8486, Tehran, Iran
- Department of Physics, Payame Noor University (PNU), P.O. Box 165963-9884, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
An end-pumped laser scheme using diode-laser stack and additive shaping optics has been implemented. The improvement of laser output power and efficiency of high power diode-end-pumped laser using composite YAG/Nd:YAG/YAG rod instead of simple Nd:YAG rod has been investigated experimentally. Compared to the simple rod laser, the output power and efficiency of the composite rod laser were increased more than 80% and 21.5% respectively, with a more homogenized beam profile. Also the laser threshold was decreased 90% in the composite rod. These results are due to the decrease of thermal effects..
Keywords
Nd:YAG, Diode-pumped, Composite rod.
Citation
H. RAZZAGHI, F. HAJIESMAEILBAIGI, A. A. SABOURI-DODARAN, J. HASANI-BARBARAN, M. MAHDIZADEH, D. RAZZAGHI, M. R. A. MOGHADDAM, High ly efficient diode end pumped Nd:YAG composite rod laser, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 7, 5-6, May-June 2013, pp.321-324 (2013).
Submitted at: Jan. 2, 2013
Accepted at: June 12, 2013