Tunable high-repetition-rate visible solid-state lasers based on intracavity frequency doubling of Cr : forsterite

High-repetition-rate solid-state lasers broadly tunable in the red-orange a nd infrared spectral regions are reported. Wavelengths between 590 and 670 nm and between 1170 and 1360 nm have been generated by gain-switched Cr:for sterite lasers incorporating intracavity frequency doubling in KTP. Broadba nd, tuned, and narrow-band systems operating at repetition rates between 1 and 20 kHz have been developed. Maximum visible output power of 40 mW was a chieved by frequency doubling of a narrow-band infrared laser, correspondin g to a fundamental to second-harmonic conversion efficiency of more than 30 %.