• DocumentCode
    1771549
  • Title

    Power-scaling continuous-wave solid-state Raman lasers using intracavity adaptive optics

  • Author

    Ran Li ; Griffith, Mike ; Laycock, Leslie ; Lubeigt, Walter

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Strathclyde, Glasgow, UK
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Initial investigations to alleviate thermal lensing, a fundamental limitation in Raman lasers performance, are reported. An adaptive-optics feedback loop was incorporated into a Nd:YVO4 self-Raman laser demonstrating a 40% Raman output power increase.
  • Keywords
    Raman lasers; adaptive optics; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser feedback; neodymium; nonlinear optics; solid lasers; thermal lensing; yttrium compounds; Nd:YVO4 self-Raman laser; Raman laser performance; Raman output power; YVO4:Nd; adaptive-optics feedback loop; fundamental limitation; intracavity adaptive optics; power-scaling continuous-wave solid-state Raman lasers; thermal lensing; Actuators; Laser feedback; Mirrors; Power generation; Power lasers; Solid lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989488
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1771549