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OPTICS LETTERS
Volume 43, Issue 7, Pages 1562-1565Publisher
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OL.43.001562
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [91336212, 91436104, 11235004, 11327407]
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) [XDB23030202, XDB21010300]
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We experimentally demonstrate a monolithic single-frequency nonplanar ring oscillator (NPRO) laser pumped by diode lasers from a thermally excited ground level directly into a metastable level of Nd3+:YAG gain medium. Continuous-wave output power of 4.54 W is obtained at 1064 nm with 7.6 W input at 885 nm, and the slope efficiency is 76.9% at incident power above 2 W. Compared with the 50.7% slope efficiency obtained using 808 nm pumping for the same NPRO, this direct pumping shows a potential advantage in improving the energy efficiency. The observation is consistent with an analysis of the heat generation in both direct and traditional pumping schemes. The power fluctuation is measured to be within 0.8% at 3 W output during a 10 h period. (c) 2018 Optical Society of America
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