Abstract
A GaSb-based vertical external cavity laser at 2 μm was pumped by 100- to 160-ns pulses from a Nd:YAG laser at 1.064 μm operating at 1 kHz. It was shown that the output power scales with the pump spot diameter to the extent of our experiments. A peak output of over 340 W was obtained.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 5512584 |
Pages (from-to) | 1253-1255 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 16 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 6 2010 |
Keywords
- Gallium arsenide
- laser cavity resonators
- optical pumping
- semiconductor lasers
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering