High Efficiency of a Blackbody-Pumped Nd:YAG Laser

W. H. Christiansen; J. M. Sirota

doi:10.1364/ASSL.1990.LT8

Advanced Solid State Lasers
OSA Proceedings Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1990),
paper LT8
•https://doi.org/10.1364/ASSL.1990.LT8

High Efficiency of a Blackbody-Pumped Nd:YAG Laser

W. H. Christiansen and J. M. Sirota

Advanced Solid State Lasers 1990

Salt Lake City, Utah United States
5–7 March 1990
ISBN: 1-55752-120-4

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W. H. Christiansen and J. M. Sirota, "High Efficiency of a Blackbody-Pumped Nd:YAG Laser," in Advanced Solid State Lasers, G. Dube, ed., Vol. 6 of OSA Proceedings Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1990), paper LT8.

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Abstract

A new pumping concept for the Nd:YAG laser is presented. Based on measurements of the Nd:YAG absorption spectrum, calculations show that the efficiencies of this laser could approach 35% from a thermal pumping source.

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