LOW-NOISE OPERATION OF A DIODE-PUMPED INTRACAVITY-DOUBLED ND-YAG LASER USING A BREWSTER PLATE

被引:44
作者
NAGAI, H
KUME, M
OHTA, I
SHIMIZU, H
KAZUMURA, M
机构
[1] Electronics Research Laboratory, Matsushita Electronics Corporation, Takatsuki
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10.1109/3.135242
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We demonstrate noise reduction, which has been attained successfully in a diode-pumped intracavity-doubled Nd:YAG laser by using a novel birefringent filter formed by a Brewster plate and a birefringent KTP crystal. We confirm that single longitudinal mode operation is obtained by the birefringent filter. As a result, the relative intensity noise obtained is less than -135 dB/Hz. This noise reduction technique will play an important role for application of laser-diode pumped intracavity-doubled solid-state lasers.
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页码:1164 / 1168
页数:5
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