Line competition in an intracavity diode-pumped Yb:KYW laser operating at 981nm
Authors:
- François BalemboisFBFrançois Balembois
- Marc CastaingMCMarc Castaing
- Thierry GeorgesTGThierry Georges
- 17 December 2010
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Journal of the Optical Society of America B
- Vol. 28 (1) , 115-122
Abstract
This paper proposes an analysis of a Yb:KYW laser emitting at 981nm intracavity pumped by a Nd:YVO4laser operating at 914nm. It gives some guidelines to optimize the laser performance. An output power of 1W has been obtained at 981nm for a pump power of 23W at 808nm. It presents a simple and original model to deal with the line competition between 981nm and the other lines at 1000 and 1023nm and explains how a temperature increase can promote the 981nm laser emission. This approach could be useful for other lasers that are subject to line competition.Keywords
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