An efficient 1103 nm Nd:YAG/BaWO4 Raman laser

被引:27
作者
Sun, W. J. [1 ,2 ]
Wang, Q. P. [1 ,2 ]
Liu, Z. J. [1 ,2 ]
Zhang, X. Y. [1 ,2 ]
Wang, G. T. [3 ]
Bai, F. [1 ,2 ]
Lan, W. X. [1 ,2 ]
Wan, X. B. [1 ,2 ]
Zhang, H. J. [4 ]
机构
[1] Shandong Univ, Sch Informat Sci & Engn, Jinan 250100, Shandong, Peoples R China
[2] Shandong Univ, Prov Key Lab Laser Technol & Applicat, Jinan 250100, Shandong, Peoples R China
[3] Shandong Normal Univ, Coll Phys & Elect, Jinan 250014, Shandong, Peoples R China
[4] Shandong Univ, Inst Crystal Mat, Jinan 250100, Shandong, Peoples R China
基金
中国国家自然科学基金; 中国博士后科学基金;
关键词
Raman laser; stimulated Raman scattering; BaWO4; crystal; AVERAGE OUTPUT POWER; SOLID-STATE LASERS; BAWO4; CRYSTAL; OPTICAL-PROPERTIES; YELLOW LASER; INTRACAVITY; SCATTERING; CONVERSION; FIBER; GENERATION;
D O I
10.1002/lapl.201110023
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A compact efficient Raman laser at 1103.2 nm is realized within a diode-end-pumped acousto-optically Q-switched 1064.2 nm Nd:YAG laser. A 46-mm-long BaWO4 crystal is used as the active medium and its 332 cm(-1) Raman mode is employed to finish the conversion from 1064.2 nm fundamental laser to 1103.2 nm Raman laser. At an incident pump power of 7.55 W, the first-Stokes power of 1.23 W at 1103.2 nm is obtained at a repetition rate of 17 kHz, corresponding to a diode-to-Stokes conversion efficiency of 16.3%. Pulse width is measured to be 27 ns and the peak power is 2.6 kW. The beam quality factors (M-2) in the two orthogonal directions are 2.0 +/- 0.2 and 1.8 +/- 0.2, respectively.
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页码:512 / 515
页数:4
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