Title :
A continuous-wave laser with wavelength-selectable output spanning green-yellow-red
Author :
Lee, A.J. ; Spence, D.J. ; Piper, J.A. ; Pask, H.M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
In this work, we report a CW crystalline Raman laser which generates cascaded first and second-Stokes emission wavelengths (1173 nm and 1308 nm respectively) from an Nd:GdVO4 self-Raman laser, and we apply intracavity second harmonic generation/sum frequency generation (SHG/SFG) using LBO to obtain wavelength-selectable output at 532 nm, 559 nm, 586.5 nm and 620 nm. We will discuss how the various output powers are presently limited by the competition between stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) and SHG/SFG processes within the resonator.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; gadolinium compounds; laser cavity resonators; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; solid lasers; stimulated Raman scattering; CW crystalline Raman laser; GdVO4:Nd; LBO; LiB3O5; SFG; SHG; continuous-wave laser; first-Stokes emission wavelength; intracavity second harmonic generation; laser cavity resonators; second-Stokes emission wavelength; self-Raman laser; stimulated Raman scattering; sum frequency generation; wavelength 1173 nm; wavelength 1308 mm; wavelength-selectable output; Photonics; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942455
