Fiber-bundle coupled, diode end-pumped Nd:YAG laser.
The output of seven laser-diode arrays, combined by a bundle of seven optical fibers, was used to end pump a Nd:YAG solid-state laser. Under a rated operation of 1 A/diode, maximum TEM(00) single-mode output power of 660 mW was obtained with 4.4% total electrical-to-optical conversion efficiency.
Berger
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Spectra Diode Laboratories, 80 Rose Orchard Way, San Jose, California 95134-1356, USA.
Welch
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Streifer
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Scifres
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Hoffman
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Smith
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Radecki
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