High-repetition-rate and high-beam-quality all-solid-state nanosecond pulsed deep-red Raman laser.
Opt Express
; 31(15): 25004-25012, 2023 Jul 17.
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ABSTRACT
We report on a high-repetition-rate and high-beam-quality all-solid-state nanosecond pulsed deep-red laser source by intracavity second harmonic generation of the actively Q-switched NdYVO4/KGW Raman laser. The polarization of the 1342â
nm fundamental laser was aligned with the Ng and Nm axes of KGW crystal for accessing the eye-safe Raman lasers at 1496 and 1526â
nm, respectively. With the aid of the elaborately designed V-shaped resonator and the composite NdYVO4 crystal, excellent mode matching and good thermal diffusion have been confirmed. Under an optimal pulse repetition frequency of 25 kHz, the average output powers of the Raman lasers at 1496 and 1526â
nm were measured to be 3.7 and 4.9 W with the superior beam quality factor of M2 = 1.2, respectively. Subsequently, by incorporating a bismuth borate (BIBO) crystal, the deep-red laser source was able to lase separately two different spectral lines at 748 and 763â
nm, yielding the maximum average output powers of 2.5 and 3.2 W with the pulse durations of 15.6 and 11.3â
ns, respectively. The resulting beam quality was determined to be near-diffraction-limited with M2 = 1.28.
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