Diode-pumped two-frequency lasers based on c-cut vanadate crystals

Journal Article · Wed Sep 30 04:00:00 EDT 2009 · Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1070/QE2009V039N09ABEH014067· OSTI ID:21471092

Sirotkin, A A; Garnov, Sergei V; Zagumennyi, A I; Zavartsev, Yu D; Kutovoi, S A; Vlasov, V I; Shcherbakov, Ivan A ^[1]

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1. A M Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow (Russian Federation)

The luminescent and lasing properties of the neo-dymium ion at the {sup 4}F{sub 3/2}-{sup 4}I{sub 11/2} transition in c-cut vanadate crystals (Nd:YVO{sub 4}, Nd:GdVO{sub 4}, and Nd:Gd{sub 1-x}Y{sub x}VO{sub 4}) are studied. Tuning of the laser radiation wavelength ({Delta}{lambda} = 5.4 nm) is demonstrated. Two-frequency laser schemes with the use of a Lyot filter, a Fabry-Perot etalon, and a Brewster prism as spectral selection elements are proposed and experimentally realised. Stable two-frequency lasing of a laser based on the c-cut Nd:GdVO{sub 4} crystal was obtained in the cw, Q-switched (nanosecond pulses), and active acousto-optic mode-locked (picosecond pulses) regimes. (lasers)

• OSTI ID: 21471092
• Journal Information: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.), Journal Name: Quantum Electronics (Woodbury, N.Y.) Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 39; ISSN 1063-7818
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
CHARGED PARTICLES
CRYSTALS
DIODE-PUMPED SOLID STATE LASERS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EMISSION
GADOLINIUM COMPOUNDS
IONS
LASER RADIATION
LASERS
LUMINESCENCE
MODE LOCKING
NEODYMIUM IONS
NEODYMIUM LASERS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHOTON EMISSION
PRISMS
PULSES
Q-SWITCHING
RADIATIONS
RARE EARTH COMPOUNDS
SOLID STATE LASERS
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TUNING
VANADATES
VANADIUM COMPOUNDS
WAVELENGTHS