Efficient Laser Performance Using a Microoptic Based Pump Source

Abstract

A 19% wall plug efficient cw 3.7-W TEM00 Nd:YVO4 laser was demonstrated using a GaP microlens-coupled diode bar pump. Pump and solid state laser scaling are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 22, 2000
Accession Number
ADA384717

Entities

People

  • D. A. Hinkley
  • J. S. Swenson
  • R. A. Fields
  • T. S. Rose

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aspect Ratio
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Compound Semiconductors
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Hyperspectral Imagery
  • Laser Diodes
  • Laser Spectroscopy
  • Lasers
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Solid State Lasers
  • Space Systems

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Directed Energy - Lasers
  • Microelectronics