Title :
Generation of continuous-wave and pulsed vortex beams in an a-cut Nd:YVO4 laser with annular end-pumping
Author :
Ajian Hu ; Peifeng Chen ; Ying Wang ; Shumo Li
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Opt. & Electron. Inf., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China
Abstract :
We directly produced continuous-wave (CW) and pulsed first order Laguerre-Gaussian vortex beams from an annular end-pumped Nd:YVO4 laser with a general fiber coupled LD source (core diameter, 800 μm).
Keywords :
laser beams; light sources; neodymium; optical fibre couplers; optical pumping; optical vortices; solid lasers; stochastic processes; vanadium compounds; yttrium compounds; YVO4:Nd; annular end-pumped neodymium:yttrium orthovanadate laser; continuous-wave generation; fiber coupled LD source; pulsed first order Laguerre-Gaussian vortex beam generation; size 800 mum; Laser beams; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical vortices;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
