Gain Guiding in Solid-State Lasers

François Salin; Jeff Squier; Donald J. Hatter

doi:10.1364/ASSL.1992.LT1

Advanced Solid State Lasers
OSA Proceedings Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1992),
paper LT1
•https://doi.org/10.1364/ASSL.1992.LT1

Gain Guiding in Solid-State Lasers

François Salin, Jeff Squier, and Donald J. Hatter

Advanced Solid State Lasers 1992

Santa Fe, New Mexico United States
ISBN: 1-55752-224-3

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F. Salin, J. Squier, and D. J. Hatter, "Gain Guiding in Solid-State Lasers," in Advanced Solid State Lasers, L. Chase and A. Pinto, eds., Vol. 13 of OSA Proceedings Series (Optica Publishing Group, 1992), paper LT1.

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Abstract

We show that the gain gradient introduced when pumping a solid-state laser with a gaussian beam can be used to obtained large gaussian modes from unstable resonators. Very high efficiencies and high quality beams have been obtained using gain guiding in an unstable Ti:Al₂O₃ laser.

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