An efficient and high polarized single cavity Nd:YVO4 microchip laser

An efficient and high polarized microchip green laser with dual Nd:YVO4 crystals is reported. The microchip includes a half-monolithic Nd:YVO4-KTP chip and a second Nd:YVO4 crystal. With two 1 W diode lasers pumped, the output power of TEM₀₀ green laser is 430 mW, and the optical-to-optical conversion efficiency is nearly 21.5 %, when the c-axes of second Nd:YVO4 crystal rotated to 90° from the half-monolithic chip, the polarization ratio of output green laser is 130:1. This laser has the advantages of being simple and easily attainable at a low cost, and suitable for batch production.