Abstract

We have operated a pulsed Nd:glass slab laser in a hemiconfocal cavity with beam stops to produce a multibounce beam in the shape of the letter M. This configuration permits the extraction of diffraction-limited beams from a large volume of the slab. The output of the slab was in four beams, and the optical slope efficiency was 14%.

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Efficient TEM₀₀-mode operation of a laser-diode side-pumped Nd:YAG laser

D. Welford, D. M. Rines, and B. J. Dinerman
Opt. Lett. 16(23) 1850-1852 (1991)

Mode locking of a diode-laser-pumped Nd:glass laser by frequency modulation

D. W. Hughes, J. R. M. Barr, and D. C. Hanna
Opt. Lett. 16(3) 147-149 (1991)

Continuous-wave operation of a diode-pumped rotating Nd:glass disk laser

J. Korn, T. H. Jeys, and T. Y. Fan
Opt. Lett. 16(22) 1741-1743 (1991)

250 mJ, self-adaptive, diode-side-pumped Nd:YAG slab laser

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Self-mode locking of a diode-pumped Nd:YLF laser

G. P. A. Malcolm and A. I. Ferguson
Opt. Lett. 16(24) 1967-1969 (1991)