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 :
Aug. 28 2011-Sept. 1 2011
Abstract :
We study the temporal amplitude stability of a continuous-wave (CW) intracavity frequency-doubled self-Raman Nd:GdVO4 laser (yellow laser), and compare to a CW intracavity frequency-doubled Nd:GdVO4 laser (green laser). Both experimental and theoretical results indicate that at high pump powers the yellow laser shows strong amplitude fluctuations (peak to peak >;20%) similar to that in the simple green laser. However, for lower powers there is a regime where the yellow laser exhibits much lower (peak to peak <;1%) amplitude noise.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; gadolinium compounds; laser cavity resonators; laser noise; laser stability; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; 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 power; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser noise; Laser stability; Laser theory; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/IQEC/PACIFIC RIM), 2011
Conference_Location :
Sydney, NSW
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1939-4
DOI :
10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193679
