Abstract
A crystal was pumped directly into the emitting level by a laser diode at for the first time to our knowledge. We achieved an output power of at for an absorbed pump power of , corresponding to an optical efficiency of 78.7%. We demonstrated that thermal effects are very weak, in agreement with the low quantum defect of only 14.1%.
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