title: Continuous-wave laser characteristics of a Nd3+:LaB3O6 cleavage microchip and the influence of thermal effects.
abstract: With pumping by a Ti:sapphire laser, the cw laser characteristic of a 5.6 at. %, 0.5 mm thick Nd3+:LaB3O6 cleavage microchip in an end-pumped plano-plano resonator is researched. A slope efficiency of up to 49% and a maximum output power of 530 mW are obtained at an absorbed pump power of 1.16 W and an optimal output coupler transmission of 3.2%. Choppers with different duty cycles are used to change the thermal effects in the microchip, and the influences of thermal effects on the laser characteristics of the Nd3+:LaB3O6 cleavage microchip are investigated.
authors.affiliation: National Engineering Research Center for Optoelectronic Crystalline Materials, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fujian, China.
authors.forename: Yujin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Xinghong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Gong
authors.forename: Yanfu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Qiguang
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Zundu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.forename: Yidong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang