Narrow-line, continuous-wave orange 593.5-nm generation in diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser using volume bragg gratings

Author

Chen, Wei-Wen ; Chen, Yen-Liang ; Chang, Wei-Kuan ; Chung, Te-Yuan ; Chen, Yen-Hung

Author_Institution

Dept. of Opt. & Photonics, Nat. Central Univ., Jhongli, Taiwan

fYear

2009

fDate

2-4 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We report the demonstration of a single-longitudinal-mode 593.5-nm laser achieved via intracavity sum-frequency generation of a dual-wavelength cw Nd:YVO₄ laser using two volume-Bragg-grating reflectors. >2.5-mW 593.5-nm orange light was obtained with this compact laser system.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; laser beams; laser cavity resonators; laser modes; neodymium; optical frequency conversion; optical pumping; solid lasers; YVO₄:Nd; diode-pumped laser; dual-wavelength laser; intracavity sum-frequency generation; orange light; single-longitudinal-mode; volume Bragg grating reflector; wavelength 593.5 nm; Biomedical optical imaging; Bragg gratings; Dielectric measurements; Diodes; Fabry-Perot; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical mixing; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; (050.7330) Volume gratings; (140.3530) Lasers, neodymium; (190.4223) Nonlinear wave mixing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-869-8

Type

conf

Filename

5225293