Diode-pumped Nd:LGS laser emitting at 888 nm

We present what is, to the best of our knowledge, the first diode-pumped Nd:La₃Ga₅SiO₁₄ (Nd:LGS) laser emitting at 888 nm, based on the ⁴ F _3/2-⁴ I _9/2 transition, generally used for a 904 nm emission. The use of a pump module with 16 passes through the crystal allowed the realization of a Nd:LGS thin-disk laser with 1.41 W of continuous wave (cw) output power at 888 nm. Moreover, intracavity second-harmonic generation (SHG) in cw mode has also been demonstrated with a power of 221 mW at 444 nm by using a BiB₃O₆ (BiBO) nonlinear crystal.     

Diode-pumped Nd:LGS/LBO laser at 452 nm

We report a blue laser at 452 nm generation by intracavity frequency doubling of a continuous wave (cw) laser operation of a 904 nm Nd:LGS laser under 808 nm diode pumping. A LiB₃O₅ (LBO) crystal, cut for critical type I phase matching at room temperature is used for second harmonic generation (SHG) of the laser. At an incident pump power of 17.8 W, as high as 1.14 W of cw output power at 452 nm is achieved. The optical-to-optical conversion efficiency is up to 6.4%, and the fluctuation of the blue output power was better than 4.1% in the given 30 min.     

Diode-pumped Nd:YCOB self-frequency-doubling green laser at 530 nm

It is reported that efficient continuous-wave (CW) self-frequency-doubling green laser at 530 nm performed with a diode-pumped Nd³⁺:YCa₄O(BO₃)₃ (Nd:YCOB) laser. With a diode pump power of 14.3 W, TEM₀₀ mode green laser at 530 nm of 1.07 W is obtained. At the output power level of 1.07 mW, the output stability is better than 5%. The beam quality M² value is about 1.37. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest power laser at 530 nm generated by self-frequency doubling of a diode pumped Nd:YCOB laser.     

Diode-pumped Nd:CaYAlO<Subscript>4</Subscript>-KTP intracavity-doubled green laser at 540 nm

It is reported that efficient continuous-wave (CW) green laser generation at 540 nm in a KTP crystal at type-II phase matching direction performed with a diode-pumped Nd:CaYAlO₄ laser. With incident pump power of 18.2 W, output power of 324 mW at 540 nm has been obtained using a 5 mm-long KTP crystal. At the output power level of 324 mW, the output stability is better than 2.8%. The beam quality M ² values were equal to 1.34 and 1.22 in X and Y directions, respectively.     

Diode-pumped Nd:GAGG-LBO laser at 531 nm

We report a green laser at 531 nm generation by intracavity frequency doubling of a continuous wave (cw) laser operation of a 1062 nm Nd:GAGG laser under in-band diode pumping at 808 nm. A LiB₃O₅ (LBO) crystal, cut for critical type I phase matching at room temperature is used for second harmonic generation of the laser. At an incident pump power of 18.5 W, as high as 933 mW of cw output power at 531 nm is achieved. The fluctuation of the green output power was better than 3.5% in the given 4 h.     

Diode-pumped Nd:YVO<Subscript>4</Subscript> intracavity-doubled red laser at 693 nm

It is reported that efficient continuous-wave (CW) red laser generation at 693 nm in a LBO crystal at type-I phase matching direction performed with a diode-pumped Nd:YVO₄ laser. With incident pump power of 18.2 W, output power of 278 mW at 693 nm has been obtained using a 10 mm-long LBO crystal. At the output power level of 278 mW, the output stability is better than 2.9%.     

LD侧面泵浦Nd:GdVO4 532 nm绿光激光器

为了获得高功率窄脉宽532 nm绿光激光输出,通过高重复频率声光驱动调Q技术和LD侧面泵浦Nd∶GdVO4技术,获得高功率线偏振1 064 nm激光输出.采用内腔倍频方式,对非线性晶体KTP进行频率变换,实现高功率窄脉宽绿光激光输出.在电源输入电流30 A,调Q驱动频率10 kHz的条件下,获得最高功率30 W线偏振1 064 nm激光输出,脉宽30 ns,倍频KTP晶体获得23.4 W的532 nm绿光输出,1 064 nm到532 nm转化效率为78％.实验结果表明:通过声光调Q技术和LD侧面泵浦Nd∶GdVO4技术,可以实现高功率线偏振窄脉宽1 064 nm激光输出,倍频非线性晶体KTP可获得高功率窄脉宽532 nm激光.     

Diode-pumped quasi-three-level Nd:CLNGG laser at 928 nm

We describe the output performances of the 928 nm ⁴ F _3/2 → ⁴ I _9/2 transition in Nd:CLNGG under diode-laser pumping. An end-pumped Nd:CLNGG crystal yielded 1.3 W of continuous-wave output power for 17.8 W of absorbed pump power. The slope efficiency with respect to the absorbed pump power was 11.2%. Furthermore, with 17.8 W of diode pump power and the frequency-doubling crystal LiB₃O₅ (LBO), a maximum output power of 260 mW in the blue spectral range at 464 nm has been achieved. The blue output power stability over 4 h is better than 3.2%.     

Diode-pumped continuous-wave Nd:YLF laser at 1313 nm

We present an efficiency Nd:LiYF₄ (Nd:YLF) laser operating at 1313 nm pumped directly into the emitting level ⁴ F _3/2. At the incident pump power of 10.3 W, as high as 3.1 W of continuous-wave output power at 1313 nm is achieved. The slope efficiency with respect to the incident pump power was 36.1%. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of such a laser system. Comparative results obtained for the pump with diode laser at 806 nm, into the highly absorbing ⁴ F _5/2 level, are given in order to prove the advantages of the 880 nm wavelength pumping.     

Diode-pumped continuous-wave eye-safe Nd:YAG laser at 1415 nm

We describe the output performance of the 1415 nm emission in Nd:YAG in a plane-concave cavity under traditional pumping into the 4F5/2 level (808 nm) and direct in-band pumping into the 4F3/2 level (885 nm). An end-pumped Nd:YAG laser yielded maximum cw output power of 6.3 W and 4.2 W at 885 nm and 808 nm laser diode (LD) pumping, respectively. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest output power of a LD-pumped 1415 nm laser.     

Diode-pumped Nd:YCOB self-frequency-doubling blue laser at 468 nm

We report a continuous-wave (CW) self-frequency-doubling blue laser at 468 nm by a diodepumped Nd³⁺:YCa₄O(BO₃)₃ (Nd:YCOB) laser. With 14.3 W of diode pump power, a maximum output power of 211 mW in the blue spectral range at 468 nm has been achieved. The beam quality M² values were equal to 1.16 and 1.23 in X and Y directions, respectively. The output power stability over 30 min is better than 5%. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest power laser at 468 nm generated by self-frequency doubling of a diode pumped Nd:YCOB laser.     

Low-noise 62 W CW intracavity-doubled TEM00 Nd:YVO4 green laser pumped at 888 nm

We present a CW intracavity frequency-doubled TEM(00) Nd:YVO(4) laser oscillator pumped at 888 nm, producing 62W of green light at 532 nm with M(2)=1.05 and RMS noise of 0.05%, thanks to the simultaneous oscillation of a large number of longitudinal modes. A diode-to-green optical efficiency of 29% is achieved by the use of a noncritically phase-matched lithium triborate crystal inserted in a periodic resonator containing two Nd:YVO(4) crystals pumped with a total of 211W at 888 nm.     

Diode-pumped cw Nd:YAG three-level laser at 869 nm

We report for the first time (to our knowledge) a diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser emitting at 869 nm based on the (4)F(3/2)-(4)I(9/2) transition, generally used for a 946 nm emission. Power of 453 mW at 869 nm has been achieved in cw operation with a fiber-coupled laser diode emitting 35.4 W at 809 nm. Intracavity second-harmonic generation in the cw mode has also been demonstrated with power of 118 mW at 435 nm by using a BiB(3)O(6) nonlinear crystal. In our experiment, we used a LiNbO(3) crystal lens to complement the thermal lens of the laser rod, and we obtained good beam quality and high output power stability.     

Diode-pumped Nd:YCOB self-frequency-doubling red laser at 666 nm

It is reported that efficient continuous-wave (CW) self-frequency-doubling red laser at 666 nm performed with a diode-pumped Nd³⁺:YCa₄O(BO₃)₃ (Nd:YCOB) laser. With a diode pump power of 14.3 W, TEM₀₀ mode red laser at 666 nm of 570 mW is obtained. At the output power level of 570 mW, the output stability is better than 3.5%. The beam quality M² value is about 1.25. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest power laser at 666 nm generated by self-frequency doubling of a diode pumped Nd:YCOB laser.     

Diode-pumped continuous-wave Nd:LuVO4 laser operating at 916 nm

We realized an efficient diode-pumped Nd:LuVO4 continuous-wave (CW) laser operating at 916 nm. Laser experiments with 0.5 at. % Nd-doped Nd:LuVO4 crystals of various lengths and cutting directions were also investigated. The maximum output power of 930 mW was obtained with a slope efficiency of 27.2% and an optical conversion efficiency of 20.8% at the absorbed pump power of 4.5 W. The laser experiment shows that Nd:LuVO4 crystal can be used for an efficient diode-pumped laser system.     

Diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser emitting at 899 nm and below

We present what is, to the best of our knowledge, the first diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser emitting at 899 nm and below, based on the (4)F(3/2) - (4)I(9/2) transition, generally used for a 946 nm emission. A power of 630 mW at 899 nm has been achieved in cw operation and 16 mW at 884 nm with a fiber-coupled laser diode emitting 9 W at 808 nm. Intracavity second-harmonic generation in cw mode has also been demonstrated with a power of 100 mW at 450 nm by using a LiB(3)O(5) nonlinear crystal.     

Diode-pumped Nd:GGG laser at 937 nm under direct pumping

A diode-pumped 937 nm Nd:GGG laser operating on the quasi-three-level under direct pumping at wavelength of around 882 nm is demonstrated, and its performances are investigated. A maximum output power of 358 mW at 937 nm was achieved at absorbed pump power of 4.8 W. The optical-to-optical conversion efficiency and the slope efficiency relative to absorbed power were 7.5 and 11.2%, respectively.     

Diode-pumped passively mode-locked Nd:YVO4 laser at 914 nm

We demonstrate, for the first time, to our knowledge, a diode-pumped passively mode-locked Nd:YVO4 laser, operating on the 4F(3/2)-4I(9/2) transition of the neodymium ion at 914 nm. We obtained 8.8 ps pulses at approximately 914 nm at a repetition rate of 94 MHz, and an averaged output power of 87 mW by using a semiconductor saturable absorber mirror.     

Compact diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 intracavity-doubled red laser at 671 nm

A design of diode-pumped high efficiency Nd:YVO₄/LBO laser with a compact linear cavity was reported. Employing a type-II noncritical phase-matched LBO crystal, we generated 520 mW of 671 nm in single transverse mode at 6 W of incident pump power, the optical conversion efficiency being 8.7%.     

Diode-pumped Nd:LuVO<Subscript>4</Subscript>-LBO green laser at 533 nm

We report a continuous-wave (CW) coherent green radiation at 533 nm by intracavity frequency doubling generation of 1066 nm Nd:LuVO₄ laser. With incident pump power of 18.2 W, output power of 4.3 W at 533 nm has been obtained using a 5 mm-long LBO crystal. The optical conversion efficiency was up to 23.6%. At the output power level of 4.3 W, the output stability is better than 3%. The beam quality M² values were equal to 1.13 and 1.21 in X and Y directions, respectively.