Compact and efficient Nd : YVO4 laser that generates a tunable single-frequency green output

G J  Friel; A J  Kemp; T K  Lake; B D  Sinclair

Compact and efficient Nd : YVO4 laser that generates a tunable single-frequency green output

G J Friel, A J Kemp, T K Lake, B D Sinclair

School of Physics and Astronomy

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Abstract

We demonstrate 250 mW of single-frequency 532-nm output from a simple intracavity-doubled Nd:YVO4 laser, pumped with 1.2 W from a fiber-coupled diode laser. The laser can be frequency chirped smoothly over similar to 17 GHz while maintaining a single-frequency green output of greater than 200 mW. A short Fabry-Perot cavity is used, and single-frequency operation is enforced by means of a birefringent filter that utilizes the birefringence of both the KTP doubling crystal and the Nd:YVO4 laser crystal with polarization-dependent loss from a glass Brewster plate combined with polarization-dependent gain from the laser crystal. (C) 2000 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 140.3480, 140.3530, 140.3570, 140.3580, 140.7300.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	4333-4337
Number of pages	5
Journal	Applied Optics
Volume	39
Publication status	Published - 20 Aug 2000

Keywords

INTRACAVITY-DOUBLED ND
MICROCHIP LASER
MODE OPERATION
YAG LASER
DIODE

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Compact and efficient Nd : YVO4 laser that generates a tunable single-frequency green output

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