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Highly efficient Nd:YVO4 diode-laser end-pumped laser

Applied Physics Letters (1987) 51(23) 1885-1886
DOI: 10.1063/1.98500
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We report on the first diode-laser (nominal 200-mW 10-stripe laser diode) end-pump lasing of Nd:YVO4. The lowest threshold (30 mW) and highest output power (120 mW) were observed from the Nd:YVO4 laser as compared to a similar Nd:YAG laser. Over 50% optical slope efficiency was obtained, the highest yet reported for diode pumping. This device performed at a 10% overall efficiency. Measurements over a 21-nm range show the advantages of the Nd:YVO4 pump absorption band.

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Fields, R. A., Birnbaum, M., & Fincher, C. L. (1987). Highly efficient Nd:YVO4 diode-laser end-pumped laser. Applied Physics Letters, 51(23), 1885–1886. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.98500

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