Blue-light laser source by sum-frequency mixing in Nd:YAl3(BO3)4

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Jaque, D [1 ]
Capmany, J [1 ]
Molero, F [1 ]
Solé, JG [1 ]
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[1] Univ Autonoma Madrid, Dept Fis Mat, Madrid 28047, Spain
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10.1063/1.122854
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Sum-frequency mixing in neodymium-doped YAl3(BO3)(4) of its fundamental laser Line at 1062 nm and the pump light from a tunable Ti:sapphire laser has been used to generate blue radiation from 435 to 465 nm in an end-pumped configuration. In nonoptimal preliminary experiments 22 mu W at 458 nm was obtained out of 200 mW absorbed power at 807 nm. Nd:YAB, therefore, emerges as a promising laser material for diode-pumped solid-state lasers in the blue spectral region. (C) 1998 American Institute of Physics. [S0003-6951(98)00446-X].
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