Continuous-wave Nd:KGd(WO 4 ) 2 single-longitudinal-mode laser

A continuous-wave Nd:KGd(WO 4 ) 2 single-longitudinal-mode laser is demonstrated with Fabry–Perot etalons in a simple linear cavity. The thermal lens effect is dramatically lowered by propagating the laser beam along the ‘athermal’ direction inside the laser crystal, which is very beneficial to remo...

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Published inChinese physics B Vol. 30; no. 8; pp. 84201 - 406
Main Authors Lan, Rui-Jun, Liu, Guang-Hua, Min, Huan-Huan, Dai, Tong-Yu, Shen, Ying-Jie, Mu, Peng-Hua, Ren, Cheng, Cao, De-Zhong, Mateos, Xavier
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published School of Opto-electronic Information Science and Technology,Yantai University,Yantai 264005,China%National Key Laboratory of Tunable Laser Technology,Harbin Institute of Technology,Harbin 150001,China%Física i Cristal·lografia de Materials i Nanomaterials (FiCMA-FiCNA),Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV),Campus Sescelades,c/Marcel·lí Domingo,s/n.,Tarragona 43007,Spain 01.07.2021
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continuous wave
single-longitudinal mode
Fabry-Perot etalon
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Summary:A continuous-wave Nd:KGd(WO 4 ) 2 single-longitudinal-mode laser is demonstrated with Fabry–Perot etalons in a simple linear cavity. The thermal lens effect is dramatically lowered by propagating the laser beam along the ‘athermal’ direction inside the laser crystal, which is very beneficial to removing the heat generated in the mode selection process. The maximum single-longitudinal-mode output power obtained is 64.8 mW at incident pump power of 4.7 W, corresponding to an optical conversion efficiency of 1.3% and a slope efficiency of 1.7%.
ISSN:1674-1056
2058-3834
DOI:10.1088/1674-1056/abea99