The first channel waveguide laser in Nd:YAG showing a threshold reduction of 20 times compared to a planar waveguide is described. With diode pumping this ion-implanted waveguide laser has been operated with absorbed power thresholds as low as approximately 500 mu W in good agreement with theoretical expectation. Output slope efficiencies of approximately 29% have also been demonstrated.
Published in:
Electronics Letters
(Volume:27
,
Issue:
25
)
Date of Publication: 5 Dec. 1991