Measurements of cavity losses in diode-pumped lasers

Jan Karol Jabczynski; Krzysztof Kopczynski; Piotr Marciniak

doi:10.1117/12.346792

29 April 1999 Measurements of cavity losses in diode-pumped lasers

Jan Karol Jabczynski, Krzysztof Kopczynski, Piotr Marciniak

Proceedings Volume 3729, Selected Papers from International Conference on Optics and Optoelectronics '98; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.346792
Event: Selected Papers from the International Conference on Optics and Optoelectronics, 1998, Dehradun, India

Abstract

Two methods of losses measurements: Findlay-Clay's method and relaxation frequency method were verified for two types of diode pumped lasers. In case of Nd:YAG laser with changeable output coupler the results obtained in both methods were in good agreement. However there was observed the contradictory between the relatively high losses (about 10% for transmission losses of 5%) and very high slope efficiency (approximately 50%) of this laser. The measurements of cavity losses via relaxation method were carried for several types of microlasers made of Nd:YAG, Ng:GGG, Nd:YAP crystals and Nd:phosphate glass. There were obtained total losses (including transmission ones) in the range from 7% to 30%.

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Jan Karol Jabczynski, Krzysztof Kopczynski, and Piotr Marciniak "Measurements of cavity losses in diode-pumped lasers", Proc. SPIE 3729, Selected Papers from International Conference on Optics and Optoelectronics '98, (29 April 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.346792

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