Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1537732 | Optics Communications | 2010 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
High-power continuous wave green radiation has been generated by means of type-II phase-matched frequency doubling in a KTP crystal located in a simple linear cavity incorporating a diode side-pumped Nd:YAG laser module. The cavity was designed to make the fundamental beam radius at the KTP crystal smaller than that at the gain medium, as is required for obtaining large mode volume in Nd:YAG crystal and realizing efficient CW intracavity frequency doubling. Output power of 51.2Â W is obtained in the experiment with a diode-to-green optical conversion efficiency of 10.3%. The M2-parameters of the laser are measured at different output powers. For the output power of about 47Â W, the power fluctuation is measured less than 1%. The experimental results show that the continuous wave green laser system using this simple linear cavity offers good laser performance and output stability.
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Authors
Y.P. Zhang, X.D. Zhao, H.Y. Zhang, L.H. Meng, L. Li, X.F. Li, P. Wang, J.Q Yao,