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The analysis of compact CW diode-side-pumped grazing-incidence-geometry Nd:YVO4 laser designs is presented. An output power of 5 W (λ=1064 nm) was produced at 17 W of diode pump (conversion efficiency of 30%) in single transverse TEM00 mode operation at high laser beam quality (Mx 2≈1.05 and My 2≈1.01). The resonator geometry was analyzed by applying generalized 4×4 matrix modeling of the spatial mode size, including the impact on the laser operation of cavity astigmatism and a thermal lens in the laser slab. The simplicity and compactness of the laser cavities allow their use for technological applications.
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Received: 31 July 2002 / Published online: 22 January 2003
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Bermudez Gutierrez, J., Damzen, M., Pinto-Robledo, V. et al. Compact diode-side-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser in grazing-incidence configuration . Appl Phys B 76, 13–16 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-002-1056-8
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-002-1056-8