Title :
Continuous-wave mode locked yellow Raman laser at 559 nm based on a synchronously pumped KGW crystal
Author :
Granados, Eduardo ; Pask, Helen M. ; Spence, David J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Macquarie Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
Abstract :
By using a CW mode-locked 532 nm laser to synchronously pump a crystalline Raman laser, we can generate output in the yellow-orange spectral region, suited to applications requiring low pulse energies and continuous pulse trains. We demonstrate a synchronously pumped Raman laser at 559 nm, pumped by a frequency-doubled mode-locked Nd:YVO4 commercial laser. The generated CW mode-locked output had an overall (green-yellow) efficiency of 25.6%, and we observed a compression of the 10 ps pump pulses down to 3.2 ps at 559 nm. This compression was observed when the cavity length was slightly longer than for perfect synchronization.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; gadolinium compounds; laser beams; laser mode locking; optical pulse compression; optical pumping; potassium compounds; spectral analysis; yttrium compounds; KGdWO4; YVO4:Nd; continuous pulse train; continuous-wave mode locked laser; efficiency 25.6 percent; pump pulse compression; synchronously pumped crystal; time 10 ps; time 3.2 ps; wavelength 532 nm; wavelength 559 nm; yellow Raman laser; yellow-orange spectral region; Crystallization; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Laser theory; Optical pulse generation; Power generation; Pulse compression methods; Pump lasers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4079-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4080-1
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5196610
