Abstract
We propose a novel technique for pumping neodymium vanadate crystal in 4 F 3/2 → 4 I 9/2 transition with polarized diode light. With a theoretical model on quasi-three-level neodymium vanadate lasers including excited state absorption and energy transfer upconversion effects, the improvement on the laser performance of polarized pumping is evaluated. A maximum output power of 4.8 W in Nd:GdVO4 912 nm laser is achieved with the incident pump power of 21.8 W, the maximum output power increases about 85% and the slope efficiency is enhanced to 1.5 times towards the unpolarized pumping under the same condition. This technique is especially suitable for quasi-three-level systems end pumped by high-brightness fiber coupled diode sources associated with short neodymium vanadate crystals.
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