Xinmeng Zhang

Diode-Pumped Nd:YVO4-Nd:YLF Blue Laser at 488 nm by Intracavity Sum-Frequency-Mixing

We report a laser architecture to obtain continuous-wave blue radiation at 488 nm. A 808 nm diodepumped the Nd:YVO4 crystal emitting at 914 nm. A part of the pump power was then absorbed by the Nd:YVO4 crystal. The remaining was used to pump the Nd:YLF crystal emitting at 1047 nm. Intracavity sum-frequency mixing at 914 and 1047 nm was then realized in a LBO crystal to reach the blue radiation. We obtained a continuous-wave output power of 514 mW at 488 nm with a pump laser diode emitting 19.6 W at 808 nm.

Diode-pumped Nd:LuVO4-Nd:YVO4 laser at 492 nm with intracavity sum-frequency-mixing in LiB3O6

We present for the first time a Nd:YVO4 laser emitting at 1064 nm intracavity pumped by a 916 nm diode-pumped Nd:LuVO4 laser. A 809 nm laser diode is used to pump the Nd:LuVO4 crystal emitting at 916 nm, a Nd:YVO4 laser crystal was pumped at 916 nm and lased at 1064 nm. Intracavity sum-frequency mixing at 916 and 1064 nm was then realized in a LiB3O6 (LBO) crystal to reach the blue range. We obtained a continuous-wave output power of 216 mW at 492 nm under 19.6 W of incident pump power at 809 nm.

Efficient all solid-state CW yellow-green light source

A dual-wavelength continuous-wave (CW) diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser that generates simultaneous laser action at the wavelengths 946 nm and 1319 nm is demonstrated. A total yellow-green output power of 2.33 W for the dual-wavelength was achieved at the incident pump power of 18.2 W. Furthermore, intracavity sum-frequency mixing at 946 and 1319 nm was then realized in a LBO crystal to reach the yellow-green range. We obtained a total CW output power of 340 mW at 551 nm.

Continuous-wave laser at 453 nm based on frequency-doubled diode-pumped Nd:ASL crystal

Efficient and compact is generated by intracavity frequency doubling of a diode-pumped Sr1−xLax − yNdyMgxAl12 − xO19(Nd:ASL) laser at 906 nm. With 10.3 W of diode pump power and the frequency-doubling crystal LiB3O6 (LBO), a maximum output power of 281 mW in the blue spectra] range at 453 nm has been achieved, corresponding to an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 2.7%; the output power stability over 4 h is better than 3.8%.