Controllable continuous-wave Nd:YVO4 self-Raman lasers using intracavity adaptive optics
Li, Ran and Griffith, Mike and Laycock, Leslie and Lubeigt, Walter (2014) Controllable continuous-wave Nd:YVO4 self-Raman lasers using intracavity adaptive optics. Optics Letters, 39 (16). pp. 4762-4765. ISSN 0146-9592
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Abstract
A controllable self-Raman laser using an adaptive optics (AO)-based control loop featuring an intracavity deformable mirror is reported. This method has the potential to alleviate thermal lensing within the Raman and laser gain media, and enable solid-state Raman lasers to reach new power levels. A proof-of-concept experiment using a Nd:YVO4 self-Raman laser and resulting in 18% enhancement of the first Stokes output power is reported. Moreover, wavelength selection between two Raman laser outputs (λ=1109 and 1176 nm) emanating from the 379 and 893 cm−1 Raman shifts of YVO4, respectively, was achieved using this AO technique.
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Li, Ran ![]() | Item type: | Article |
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ID code: | 49035 |
Keywords: | self-Raman lasers, adaptive optics, deformable mirrors, laser gain media, Optics. Light, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics |
Subjects: | Science > Physics > Optics. Light |
Department: | Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering Technology and Innovation Centre > Sensors and Asset Management |
Depositing user: | Pure Administrator |
Date deposited: | 12 Aug 2014 06:47 |
Last modified: | 20 Jan 2021 21:24 |
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URI: | https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/49035 |
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