Title :
Wavelength tunable single mode Nd:GdVO4 laser using a volume Bragg grating fold mirror
Author :
Te-yuan Chung ; Yang, S.S. ; Cheng-Wen Chen ; Hung-Chih Yang ; Chien-Ron Liao ; Yu-Hung Lien
Author_Institution :
Nat. Central Univ., Jhongli
Abstract :
A Nd:GdVO4 laser was built with a volume Bragg grating as the fold mirror, wavelength selector and spectral narrowing element. Over 2 nm tuning with wavelength centered at 1063.39 nm was achieved by angular tuning.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; gadolinium compounds; laser beams; laser mirrors; laser modes; laser tuning; neodymium; solid lasers; GdVO4:Nd; spectral narrowing element; volume Bragg grating fold mirror; wavelength 1063.39 nm; wavelength selector; wavelength tunable single mode laser; Bragg gratings; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Mirrors; Optical reflection; Optical refraction; Optical tuning; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452719