Title :
Power-scaling continuous-wave solid-state Raman lasers using intracavity adaptive optics
Author :
Ran Li ; Griffith, Mike ; Laycock, Leslie ; Lubeigt, Walter
Author_Institution :
Dept. Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
Abstract :
Initial investigations to alleviate thermal lensing, a fundamental limitation in Raman lasers performance, are reported. An adaptive-optics feedback loop was incorporated into a Nd:YVO4 self-Raman laser demonstrating a 40% Raman output power increase.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; adaptive optics; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; neodymium; nonlinear optics; solid lasers; thermal lensing; yttrium compounds; Nd:YVO4 self-Raman laser; Raman laser performance; Raman output power; YVO4:Nd; adaptive-optics feedback loop; fundamental limitation; intracavity adaptive optics; power-scaling continuous-wave solid-state Raman lasers; thermal lensing; Actuators; Laser feedback; Mirrors; Power generation; Power lasers; Solid lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
