Recent content by Mich_K

Thanks all! Mike

I think I might have found an end-mirror that will work for me, but I was curious about the option of side-pumping. Is this as simple as the updated schematic shown below, by focusing the 808nm beam somewhere in the YAG rod from the side? Or is there more to it that that? Some Google searching...

Hi Alaskan, Thank you very much for all the very useful information. I have some reading to do (-: Kind regards Mike

RedCowboy, thanks, the 'dichroic mirror' is the terminology I was missing, didn't know the correct terminology, but that article is very useful and now I at least know what I should be looking for (-: Jim H, thanks, I updated the schematic since I was missing the KTP crystal. Alaskan, thanks...

Good day, I am busy designing a diode pumped solid state (DPSS) laser using a Nd:YAG rod, as shown in the attached figure. I want to use a 808nm IR laser diode to pump the rod, but I am not sure what type of dielectric lens I need that would allow the 808nm light into the cavity, but then...