Title :
A self-Raman, Nd:GdVO4 laser generating 2.5W CW output at 586nm
Author :
Pask, Helen ; Lee, Andrew ; Piper, Jim
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
This paper report a CW, frequency doubled, Nd:GdV04 self-Raman laser producing 2.51 W of CW yellow emission with a 12.2 % overall optical (diode-to-yellow) conversion efficiency. This high level of output power is a result of a laser design which minimises thermal loading of the laser crystal, minimises resonator loss at the fundamental and first Stokes wavelength and maximises the collection efficiency of the yellow light generated in the doubling crystal.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; gadolinium compounds; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; solid lasers; GdVO4:Nd; Stokes wavelength; collection efficiency; laser crystal; optical frequency doubling; power 2.5 W to 2.51 W; resonator loss; self-Raman lasers; thermal loading; wavelength 586 nm; yellow emission; Diodes; Frequency conversion; Optical design; Optical frequency conversion; Optical harmonic generation; Optical resonators; Power generation; Power lasers; Stimulated emission; Thermal loading;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4079-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4080-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5196608
