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Quasi-three-level Nd:YVO4 laser operation at 914 nm under 879 nm diode laser pumping

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We present experimental investigation on quasi-three-level Nd:YVO4 laser operation at 914 nm under 879 nm diode pumping directly into emitting level. A maximal output power of 3.0 W under an absorbed pump power of 13.4 W was got, corresponding to an optical conversion efficiency of 22.4% and a slope efficiency of 40.3%. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on a Nd:YVO4 laser at 914 nm using rod-type single crystal as the gain medium and end pumped by diode directly into the emitting level.

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  1. Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215163, P. R. China

    J. Gao, B. Wei & X. D. Wu

  2. National Key Laboratory of Tunable Laser Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150080, P. R. China

    J. Gao & X. Yu

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Gao, J., Yu, X., Wei, B. et al. Quasi-three-level Nd:YVO4 laser operation at 914 nm under 879 nm diode laser pumping. Laser Phys. 20, 1590–1593 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1054660X10130037

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