Title :
450 nm blue laser emission of an intracavity-doubled Nd:ASL crystal pumped by an extended-cavity tapered laser diode
Author :
Paboeuf, D. ; Lucas-Leclin, G. ; Georges, P. ; Sumpf, B. ; Erbert, G. ; Varon, C. ; Loiseau, P. ; Aka, G. ; Ferrand, B.
Author_Institution :
Univ. Paris-Sud, Palaiseau
Abstract :
For the pumping of one Nd:ASL crystal, we have developed a high-brightness external-cavity tapered laser diode stabilized at 798 nm, by use of a volume Bragg grating (VBG) in a simple and compact set-up. Intracavity frequency doubling was performed with a 10-mm-long AR-coated LBO crystal close to the Nd:ASL crystal in a simple plane-concave cavity.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; lanthanum compounds; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser stability; lithium compounds; magnesium compounds; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; optical pumping; solid lasers; strontium compounds; AR-coated LBO crystal; LiB3O5; Sr0.7La0.25Mg0.3Al11.7O19:Nd0.05; blue laser emission; extended-cavity tapered laser diode pumping; intracavity-doubled crystal laser; volume Bragg grating; wavelength 450 nm; wavelength 798 nm; Crystalline materials; Diode lasers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Optical materials; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Pump lasers; Reflectivity;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-0931-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4385876
