DocumentCode
421586
Title
Continuous-wave high-power Nd:YAG-KNbO/sub 3/ blue laser at room temperature
Author
Pavel, N. ; Shoji, I. ; Taira, T.
Author_Institution
Laser Res. Center, Inst. for Molecular Sci., Okazaki, Japan
Volume
2
fYear
2004
fDate
16-21 May 2004
Abstract
Continuous-wave power of 418 mW at 473 nm with 6.7% overall optical-to-optical conversion efficiency is obtained through intracavity frequency-doubled with KNbO/sub 3/ at room temperature of a Nd:YAG laser operating on the 946-nm /sup 4/F/sub 3/2//spl rarr//sup 4/I/sub 9/2/ transition.
Keywords
laser cavity resonators; neodymium; optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; potassium compounds; solid lasers; /sup 4/F/sub 3/2//spl rarr//sup 4/I/sub 9/2/ transition; 418 mW; 473 nm; 6.7 percent; 946 nm; KNbO/sub 3/; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; continuous-wave high-power Nd:YAG-KNbO/sub 3/ blue laser; optical-to-optical conversion efficiency;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-777-6
Type
conf
Filename
1360779
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