Title :
Diode Pumped Compact Nd:YAG/BiBO Blue Laser at 473 nm
Author :
Antonczak, Arkadiusz J. ; Matysiak, Mateusz ; Sotor, Jaroslaw Z. ; Abramski, Krzysztof M.
Author_Institution :
Wroclaw Univ. of Technol., Warsaw
Abstract :
In this paper we demonstrated blue laser generation at 473 nm in a BiB3O6 crystal at Type I phase matching performed with a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser. For 1 W pump power output power of 20 mW at 473 nm has been obtained using a 5 mm long BiBO crystal.
Keywords :
bismuth compounds; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; optical phase matching; optical pumping; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; Type I phase matching; Y3Al5O12:Nd-BiB3O6; blue laser; intracavity frequency doubling; optical conversion efficiency; power 20 mW; pumping; size 5 mm; wavelength 473 nm; Diodes; Fiber lasers; Frequency; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Microchip lasers; Neodymium; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; BiBO; Nd:YAG; blue laser; diode pumping laser; intracavity doubling;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2007. ICTON '07. 9th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-1249-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-1249-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296385