title: 12.45 W wavelength-locked 878.6 nm laser diode in-band pumped multisegmented Nd:YVO₄ laser operating at 1342 nm.
abstract: A multisegmented Nd:YVO4 laser operating at 1342 nm that is in-band pumped by a wavelength-locked 878.6 nm laser diode is reported here. We achieve an output power of 12.45 W at 1342 nm for an absorbed pump power of 35.6 W, corresponding to an optical-to-optical efficiency of 34.9% and a slope efficiency of 36.1%. To the best of our knowledge, it is the highest optical-to-optical efficiency of Nd:YVO4 lasers operating at 1342 nm with an output power more than 10 W.
authors.forename: Bin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Quan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Sheng
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Zhang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Pengbo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Chen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Haiyong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jianquan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yao
mesh_terms: D004735:Energy Transfer; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007259:Infrared Rays; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State; D012666:Semiconductors