Abstract
An efficient tunable diode-pumped Nd:GdVO4 laser at 1083 nm has been constructed by suppressing the higher gain transition near 1063 nm. With 12.5 W diode pump power, the free-running output power centered about 1083 nm was up to 3.4 W, corresponding to an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 30.1%. When a simple uncoated etalon was used as a wavelength-selective element, the output power at each helium transition was higher than 2.5 W.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2107-2109 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| Journal | Optics Letters |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 16 |
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| State | Published - 15 Aug 2005 |