Abstract
Fiber-coupled laser diodes, with wavelengths around 800 nm, and with powers in excess of 10 W guided in multimode fiber have become commerically available. We demonstrate a simple pump scheme that efficiently couples the pump radiation from the fiber of such diodes into a laser crystal.
© 1995 Optical Society of America
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