Frequency-stabilized Nd:YVO4 thin-disk laser

We have developed a Nd:YVO₄ thin-disk laser at 914 nm with single-frequency operation and active frequency stabilization to a low-finesse reference cavity. The spectral density of laser frequency noise is analysed by means of noise measurements at the error point of the frequency control loop. To address the 3¹S₀→3³P₁ magnesium intercombination line at 457 nm, we use an external frequency doubling stage based on periodically poled KTiOPO₄ for the generation of more than 150-mW output power at 457 nm. Optical beat signal measurements at 457 nm with a frequency-stable dye laser show a short-time line width of the thin-disk laser of less than 100 kHz. PACS 42.55.Xi; 42.60.Lh; 42.62.Fi; 42.65.Ky