PRACTICAL 580NM SOURCE BASED ON FREQUENCY-DOUBLING OF AN INTRACAVITY-RAMAN-SHIFTED ND-YAG LASER

Authors
PASK HM PIPER JA
Citation
Hm. Pask et Ja. Piper, PRACTICAL 580NM SOURCE BASED ON FREQUENCY-DOUBLING OF AN INTRACAVITY-RAMAN-SHIFTED ND-YAG LASER, Optics communications, 148(4-6), 1998, pp. 285-288
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics communications → ACNP
ISSN journal
00304018
Volume
148
Issue
4-6
Year of publication
1998
Pages
285 - 288
Database
ISI
SICI code
0030-4018(1998)148:4-6<285:P5SBOF>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
We have investigated a simple scheme based on a combination of two non linear processes, stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) in LiIO3 and secon d harmonic generation (SHG) in LBO, which efficiently convert the 1064 nm fundamental of a Nd:YAG laser to the yellow at 580 nm. Average pow er up to 0.55 W has been generated at 580 nm, using a standard arclamp -pumped, acousto-optically Q-switched Nd:YAG laser which normally prod uces 3 W of 1064 nm output at 4 kHz. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.