Low-threshold monomode ion-exchanged waveguide lasers in neodymium-doped BK-7 glass

1 January 1990

journal article
Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters

Vol. 26 (16), 1317-1318
https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19900846

Abstract

Waveguide lasers have been fabricated by potassium ionexchange in neodymium-doped BK-7 glass. Lasers operating at λ = 1058 nm in a single-transverse-mode at both pump and lasing wavelengths showed launched-power thresholds as low as 7.5 mW.

Keywords

7.5 MW
SINGLE-TRANSVERSE-MODE
1056 NM
MONOMODE ION-EXCHANGED WAVEGUIDE LASERS
LAUNCHED-POWER THRESHOLDS
LOW THRESHOLD
LASING WAVELENGTH
BK-7 GLASS

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