TY - GEN
T1 - High-power diode-pumped single-frequency nd:ylf and nd:yvo4 lasers with intra-cavity second-harmonic generation to the red range
AU - Camargo, F.
AU - Sarrouf, R.
AU - Badr, T.
AU - Zanon-Willette, T.
AU - Wetter, N.
AU - Zondy, J. J.
PY - 2008/12/1
Y1 - 2008/12/1
N2 - Single-frequency operation of diode-pumped Nd:YLiF4 and Nd:YVO4 continuous-wave (cw) ring lasers are investigated in the 1.31-1.34μm range, together with their intracavity second-harmonic generation to the red spectral range (0.65-0.67μm) using either BiB3O6 (BiBO), LiB3O5 (LBO) or periodically-poled KTiOPO4 (ppKTP). Smooth singlelongitudinal mode wavelength tuning over ~3-4 nm within the gain bandwidths could be achieved, with a watt-level output at gain centers in the near-IR and red range. Unlike with the birefringence phase-matched crystals, second-harmonic generation using ppKTP leads to various dynamical regimes, from narrow-band continuous-wave to broadband self modelocked operation triggered by ?2: ?2 second-order Kerr-lens cascaded nonlinear interactions.
AB - Single-frequency operation of diode-pumped Nd:YLiF4 and Nd:YVO4 continuous-wave (cw) ring lasers are investigated in the 1.31-1.34μm range, together with their intracavity second-harmonic generation to the red spectral range (0.65-0.67μm) using either BiB3O6 (BiBO), LiB3O5 (LBO) or periodically-poled KTiOPO4 (ppKTP). Smooth singlelongitudinal mode wavelength tuning over ~3-4 nm within the gain bandwidths could be achieved, with a watt-level output at gain centers in the near-IR and red range. Unlike with the birefringence phase-matched crystals, second-harmonic generation using ppKTP leads to various dynamical regimes, from narrow-band continuous-wave to broadband self modelocked operation triggered by ?2: ?2 second-order Kerr-lens cascaded nonlinear interactions.
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U2 - 10.1109/IPGC.2008.4781497
DO - 10.1109/IPGC.2008.4781497
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:67649635322
SN - 9781424429059
T3 - 2008 IEEE PhotonicsGlobal at Singapore, IPGC 2008
BT - 2008 IEEE PhotonicsGlobal at Singapore, IPGC 2008
T2 - 2008 IEEE PhotonicsGlobal at Singapore, IPGC 2008
Y2 - 8 December 2008 through 11 December 2008
ER -