Efficiency of solar pumping of VECSELs

A. H. Quarterman; K. G. Wilcox

Efficiency of solar pumping of VECSELs

A. H. Quarterman
, K. G. Wilcox

SCI Physics

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Abstract

Various renewable energy technologies have been proposed which would make use of efficient solar lasers, a solar-magnesium fuel cycle for example [1]. Existing solar lasers, however, are inefficient due to the weak, narrowband absorption of their neodymium-doped gain media. Semiconductor gain media have the potential to overcome these limitations. They can make use of all photons with energies above the bandgap energy, and their short absorption lengths permit a disk laser geometry, which simplifies the problem of overlapping the solar pump distribution with the cavity mode.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings 2015 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2015
Publisher	Optical Society of America
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467374750
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	2015 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2015 - Munich, Germany Duration: 21 Jun 2015 → 25 Jun 2015

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Name	Optics InfoBase Conference Papers

Conference

Conference	2015 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2015
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Munich
Period	21/06/15 → 25/06/15

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Quarterman, AH & Wilcox, KG 2015, Efficiency of solar pumping of VECSELs. in Proceedings 2015 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2015., CB_3_3, Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, Optical Society of America, 2015 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2015, Munich, Germany, 21/06/15. <https://www.osapublishing.org/abstract.cfm?uri=CLEO_Europe-2015-CB_3_3>

Efficiency of solar pumping of VECSELs. / Quarterman, A. H.; Wilcox, K. G.
Proceedings 2015 European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics - European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2015. Optical Society of America, 2015. CB_3_3 (Optics InfoBase Conference Papers).

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Efficiency of solar pumping of VECSELs

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