Title :
Laser design and energy dynamics in a wavelength-versatile, all-solid-state intracavity cascaded Raman laser
Author :
Pask, H.M. ; Mildren, R.P. ; Piper, J.A.
Author_Institution :
Macquarie Univ., NSW, Australia
Abstract :
Monitoring the optical field energies in an intracavity cascaded Raman laser enables us to probe the dynamics and optimise the performance of the laser which selectively produces up to 1.8 W average output power at 5 wavelengths between 532 nm and 636 nm by simple angle tuning.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; solid lasers; 532 to 636 nm; all-solid-state laser; angle tuning; cascaded Raman laser; energy dynamics; intracavity laser; laser design; optical field energy monitoring; wavelength-versatile laser; Laser excitation; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical design; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Pump lasers; Quantum cascade lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1547906
