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Single-Mode Operation and Frequency Doubling of Fiber-Coupled Diode Butt-Coupling-Pumped Nd:YVO(4) Lasers
Applied Optics
|February 13, 2008
Abstract:
We present a simple way to achieve single-frequency operation by using a fiber-coupled diode butt-coupling-pumped Nd:YVO(4) laser in a flat-flat cavity. Single-mode outputs of 620 and 260 mW for fundamental and second-harmonic wavelengths were obtained when the laser was pumped by an 1100-mW fiber-coupled laser diode. Experimental results show that thermal effects provide not only a stable resonator with a good overlap of laser mode and pump size but also enhance single-frequency performance.
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