title: Diode-pumped continuous-wave eye-safe Nd:YAG laser at 1415 nm.
abstract: We describe the output performance of the 1415 nm emission in Nd:YAG in a plane-concave cavity under traditional pumping into the 4F5/2 level (808 nm) and direct in-band pumping into the 4F3/2 level (885 nm). An end-pumped Nd:YAG laser yielded maximum cw output power of 6.3 W and 4.2 W at 885 nm and 808 nm laser diode (LD) pumping, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest output power of a LD-pumped 1415 nm laser.
authors.affiliation: Lutronic Corporation, Ilsan-Gu, Goyang-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea. hclee@lutronic.com
authors.forename: Hee Chul
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Sung Ug
authors.initials: SU
authors.lastname: Byeon
authors.forename: Alexei
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lukashev
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D054023:Lasers, Semiconductor; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State; D008027:Light