Title :
Continuous-wave high-power Nd:YAG-KNbO/sub 3/ blue laser at room temperature
Author :
Pavel, N. ; Shoji, I. ; Taira, T.
Author_Institution :
Laser Res. Center, Inst. for Molecular Sci., Okazaki, Japan
Abstract :
Continuous-wave power of 418 mW at 473 nm with 6.7% overall optical-to-optical conversion efficiency is obtained through intracavity frequency-doubled with KNbO/sub 3/ at room temperature of a Nd:YAG laser operating on the 946-nm /sup 4/F/sub 3/2//spl rarr//sup 4/I/sub 9/2/ transition.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; neodymium; optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; potassium compounds; solid lasers; /sup 4/F/sub 3/2//spl rarr//sup 4/I/sub 9/2/ transition; 418 mW; 473 nm; 6.7 percent; 946 nm; KNbO/sub 3/; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; continuous-wave high-power Nd:YAG-KNbO/sub 3/ blue laser; optical-to-optical conversion efficiency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
