Diode-pumped cw tunable two-frequency YAG:Nd3+ laser with coupled resonators

Using the mode splitting that can be achieved by exploiting the effect of photoelasticity and the mode selection properties of coupled resonators, single- and two-frequency operation of a diode pumped cw YAG:Nd³⁺ laser was observed. In the two-frequency case, a regime with two orthogonal linearly polarized modes was realized. The frequency difference between the adjacent modes could be varied from 50 MHz to 8.4 GHz. A maximum laser output power of 12 mW was achieved at a pump level of 240 mW . Received: 1 November 2002 / Revised version: 14 January 2003 / Published online: 19 March 2003 RID="*" ID="*"Corresponding author. Fax: +375-17/2840-879, E-mail: ryabtsev@dragon.bas-net.by