Title :
Study of Amplitude Noise in a Continuous-Wave Intracavity Frequency-Doubled Raman Laser
Author :
Lin, Jipeng ; Pask, Helen M. ; Lee, Andrew J. ; Spence, David J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
fDate :
3/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We study the temporal amplitude stability of a continuous-wave (CW) intracavity frequency-doubled self Raman Nd:GdVO4 laser (yellow laser), and compare this with that of a CW intracavity frequency-doubled Nd-doped laser (green laser). Both experimental and theoretical results indicate that, while at high pump powers the yellow laser shows strong amplitude fluctuations (peak to peak >;20%) similar to that in the simple green laser, for lower powers there is a regime where the yellow laser exhibits low (peak to peak <;1%) amplitude noise.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; gadolinium compounds; laser cavity resonators; laser noise; neodymium; optical pumping; solid lasers; GdVO4:Nd; amplitude fluctuations; amplitude noise; continuous-wave intracavity frequency-doubled self-Raman laser; pump powers; temporal amplitude stability; yellow laser; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser stability; Laser theory; Pump lasers; Amplitude noise; Raman laser; frequency-doubling;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.2010.2086048
