Diode-pumped Q-switched Nd:YVO4 yellow laser with intracavity sum-frequency mixing

被引:113
作者
Chen, YF [1 ]
Tsai, SW
机构
[1] Natl Chiao Tung Univ, Dept Electrophys, Hsinchu 30050, Taiwan
[2] Natl Chiao Tung Univ, Inst Electroopt Engn, Hsinchu, Taiwan
关键词
D O I
10.1364/OL.27.000397
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A compact high-power yellow pulsed laser has been. demonstrated by use of intracavity sum-frequency mixing in a diode-end-pumped Q-switched Nd:YVO4 dual-wavelength laser. A three-mirror configuration forming two separate laser cavities is used to optimize the gain match for simultaneous dual-wavelength emission in Q-switched operation. Under the optimum cavity-length condition, the highest yellow average power is 340 mW and the peak power is 2 kW, obtained at 12.5 W of pump power. (C) 2002 Optical Society of America.
引用
收藏
页码:397 / 399
页数:3
相关论文
共 10 条
[1]   MEGAWATT POWER AT 1.318 MU IN ND3+ - YAG AND SIMULTANEOUS OSCILLATION AT BOTH 1.06 AND 1.318 MU [J].
BETHEA, CG .
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 1973, QE 9 (02) :254-254
[2]   DEVELOPMENT OF AN INTRACAVITY-SUMMED MULTIPLE-WAVELENGTH ND-YAG LASER FOR A RUGGED, SOLID-STATE SODIUM LIDAR SYSTEM [J].
FARLEY, RW ;
DAO, PD .
APPLIED OPTICS, 1995, 34 (21) :4269-4273
[3]  
Findeisen J, 2000, APPL PHYS B-LASERS O, V70, P159, DOI 10.1007/s003400050025
[4]  
Fitzpatrick R.E., 1995, OPT PHOTONICS NEWS, V6, p[24, 1995]
[5]   A COMPUTATIONAL MODEL OF A DUAL-WAVELENGTH SOLID-STATE LASER [J].
HENDERSON, GA .
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 1990, 68 (11) :5451-5455
[6]  
*ITI EL, 1998, NDYVO4 LAS CRYST MAT
[7]   Efficient all-solid-state yellow laser source producing 1.2-W average power [J].
Pask, HM ;
Piper, JA .
OPTICS LETTERS, 1999, 24 (21) :1490-1492
[8]  
Powell R. C, 1998, OSA TRENDS OPTICS PH, V19, P129
[9]   STIMULATED-EMISSION CROSS-SECTION AND FLUORESCENT QUANTUM EFFICIENCY OF ND3+ IN YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET AT ROOM-TEMPERATURE [J].
SINGH, S ;
SMITH, RG ;
VANUITER.LG .
PHYSICAL REVIEW B, 1974, 10 (06) :2566-2572
[10]   SCALING CW DIODE-END-PUMPED ND-YAG LASERS TO HIGH AVERAGE POWERS [J].
TIDWELL, SC ;
SEAMANS, JF ;
BOWERS, MS ;
COUSINS, AK .
IEEE JOURNAL OF QUANTUM ELECTRONICS, 1992, 28 (04) :997-1009