Compact Continuous-Wave Nd:YVO4 Laser with Self-Raman Conversion and Sum Frequency Generation
1 College of Physics and Electronic Information, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035
2 Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials Chemistry and Physics, Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Fuzhou 350002
Received Date:
November 09, 2010
Published Date:
April 30, 2011
Abstract
Low threshold and compact cw Nd:YVO4 self−Raman lasers at 1176 nm and sum-frequency mixing of fundamental and first-Stokes wavelengths are demonstrated. A 20-mm Nd:YVO4 crystal is adopted in a compact plane-concave resonator. The results show that the cw Raman conversion is sensitive to cavity length. At an incident pump power of 22.5 W, output power of 1.53 W at 1175.6 nm is achieved, corresponding to the threshold of only 0.8 W and the slop efficiency of 8.1%. Intra-cavity sum-frequency generation is realized in a type-II phase-matching cut KTP crystal, 480 mW at 558.6 nm is obtained at incident pump power of 12 W.
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ZHU Hai-Yong, ZHANG Ge, DUAN Yan-Min, HUANG Cheng-Hui, WEI Yong. Compact Continuous-Wave Nd:YVO
4 Laser with Self-Raman Conversion and Sum Frequency Generation[J].
Chin. Phys. Lett. , 2011, 28(5): 054202.
DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/28/5/054202
ZHU Hai-Yong, ZHANG Ge, DUAN Yan-Min, HUANG Cheng-Hui, WEI Yong. Compact Continuous-Wave Nd:YVO4 Laser with Self-Raman Conversion and Sum Frequency Generation[J]. Chin. Phys. Lett. , 2011, 28(5): 054202. DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/28/5/054202
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