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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.

Item type: Article
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: 25 Sep 2017 05:33
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URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/49035
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