Title :
Generation of green light and microwave subcarrier with a Nd:YVO4/KTiOPO4 dual-mode microchip laser
Author :
Longtao Xu ; Shilei Jin ; Goldwasser, Samuel ; Yifei Li
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Mass., Dartmouth, MA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we presented an effective and low-cost approach of generating green light and microwave subcarrier with a Nd:YVO4/KTiOPO4 dual-mode microchip laser. 1064 nm infrared signal generated by the Nd:YVO4 crystal is frequency doubled by the KTiOPO4 (KTP) crystal to generated 532 nm green light. Microwave subcarrier is generated by electro-optic mode locking through the KTP crystal. Efficient green light and microwave subcarrier with good spectra quality are obtained.
Keywords :
electro-optical devices; laser mode locking; laser modes; microchip lasers; microwave generation; neodymium; potassium compounds; yttrium compounds; KTP crystal; YVO4:Nd-KTiOPO4; dual-mode microchip laser; electro-optic mode locking; green light; infrared signal; microwave subcarrier; spectra quality; wavelength 1064 nm; wavelength 532 nm; Crystals; Frequency modulation; Laser mode locking; Masers; Microchip lasers; Microwave amplifiers; Microwave oscillators; frequency doubling; green light generation; microwave generation; mode locking;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2013 International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Alexandria, VA
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2013.6724062
