Diode-pumped mid-infrared YVO4 Raman laser at 2418 nm

A mid-infrared YVO 4 Raman laser intracavity-pumped by a diode-pumped actively Q-switched Tm:YAP laser at 1990 nm is demonstrated for the first time. An a -cut 30-mm-long YVO 4 crystal is utilized in the Raman laser as a gain medium. With an incident diode pump power of 10.9 W, an average output pow...

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Published in:Applied physics. B, Lasers and optics Lasers and optics, 2018, Vol.124 (1), p.1-5, Article 5
Main Authors: Cheng, Ping, Zhao, Jiaqun, Xu, Feng, Zhou, Xiaofeng, Wang, Guodong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Applied physics
Engineering
Infrared lasers
Lasers
Mid-infrared and THz Laser Sources and Applications
Optical Devices
Optics
Photonics
Physical Chemistry
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Pulse duration
Pulse repetition rate
Quantum Optics
Rapid Communication
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Summary:A mid-infrared YVO 4 Raman laser intracavity-pumped by a diode-pumped actively Q-switched Tm:YAP laser at 1990 nm is demonstrated for the first time. An a -cut 30-mm-long YVO 4 crystal is utilized in the Raman laser as a gain medium. With an incident diode pump power of 10.9 W, an average output power of 272 mW at the first Stokes wavelength of 2418 nm is obtained at a pulse repetition rate (PRR) of 1 kHz. The optical conversion efficiency from the diode pump to the first Stokes is about 2.5%. The corresponding pulse width and single pulse energy of the first Stokes are 15 ns and 0.27 mJ, respectively. Compared with the spectrum of the fundamental laser at 1990 nm, the output spectrum of the first Stokes at 2418 nm has a broader linewidth of approximately 10 nm.
ISSN:0946-2171
1432-0649
DOI:10.1007/s00340-017-6876-7