title: Power characteristics of homogeneously broadened index-antiguided waveguide lasers.
abstract: A model is reported that describes a bidirectional homogeneously broadened index-antiguided (IAG) slab laser having arbitrary single-pass gain and distributed losses. Maximum extraction efficiency and corresponding optimum output coupling are determined for various values of unsaturated gain and loss per pass. A method is proposed to determine the intrinsic laser parameters from output power measurements.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Optical Science, and Center for Optoelectronics and Optical Communications, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 9201 University City Boulevard, Charlotte, North Carolina 28223, USA.
authors.forename: Chaofan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Tsing-Hua
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Her
authors.forename: Lee W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Casperson