Diode-side-pumped continuous wave Nd³âº : YVO4 self-Raman laser at 1176 nm.

Here we report, to the best of our knowledge, the first diode-side-pumped continuous wave (cw) Nd3+:YVO4 self-Raman laser operating at 1176 nm. The compact cavity design is based on the total internal reflection of the laser beam at the pumped side of the Nd3+:YVO4 crystal. Configurations with a single bounce and a double bounce of the laser beam at the pumped faced have been characterized, providing a quasi-cw peak output power of more than 8 W (multimode) with an optical conversion efficiency of 11.5% and 3.7 W (TEM00) having an optical conversion efficiency of 5.4%, respectively. Cw output power of 1.8 W has been demonstrated.

Intracavity frequency converted Raman laser producing 10 deep blue to cyan emission lines with up to 0.94 W output power.

Here we report 10 laser emission lines in the attractive deep blue to cyan spectral region from an intracavity frequency doubled Raman laser. The fundamental laser field that drives the Raman laser is based on the three-level transition of Nd:YLF. A maximum extracted quasi-continuous wave (qcw) output power of 0.94 W is achieved in the deep blue to cyan spectral regime.

Quasi-continuous wave Raman lasers at 990 and 976 nm based on a three-level Nd:YLF laser.

An intracavity Raman laser based on laser transition in Nd:YLF is reported. Quasi-continuous wave Stokes output power was observed at 990 and 976 nm, and up to 0.88 W of peak output power was obtained at 990 nm.

Continuous-wave Watt-level Nd:YLF/KGW Raman laser operating at near-IR, yellow and lime-green wavelengths.

A Nd:YLF/KGW Raman laser has been investigated in this work. We have demonstrated CW output powers at six different wavelengths, 1147 nm (0.70 W), 1163 nm (0.95 W), 549 nm (0.65 W), 552 nm (1.90 W), 573 nm (0.60 W) and 581 nm (1.10 W), with higher peak powers achieved under quasi-CW operation. Raman conversion of the 1053 nm fundamental emission is reported for the first time, enabling two new wavelengths in crystalline Raman lasers, 549 nm and 552 nm. The weak thermal lensing associated with Nd:YLF has enabled to achieve good beam quality, M(2) ≤ 2.0, and stable operation in relatively long cavities.