A. A. Sirotkin, S. V. Garnov, V. I. Vlasov, A. I. Zagumennyi, Yu. D. Zavartsev, S. A. Kutovoi, I. A. Shcherbakov, “Two-frequency vanadate lasers with mutually parallel and orthogonal polarisations of radiation”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2012, Volume 42, Number 5,Pages <nobr>420

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Two-frequency vanadate lasers with mutually parallel and orthogonal polarisations of radiation

A. A. Sirotkin, S. V. Garnov, V. I. Vlasov, A. I. Zagumennyi, Yu. D. Zavartsev, S. A. Kutovoi, I. A. Shcherbakov

Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: Luminescent and lasing properties of α-cut Nd : YVO₄, Nd : GdVO₄, Nd:Gd_1-xY_xVO₄, and Nd:Sc_1-xY_xVO₄ vanadate crystals are experimentally studied for the p- and s-polarisations of the emission at the ⁴F_3/2 — ⁴F_11/2 transition. Two-frequency lasing was obtained with mutually orthogonal and parallel polarisations of radiation in the cw, Q-switching, and mode-locking regimes. A scheme of a laser — amplifier of two-frequency pulses is realised.

Keywords: two-frequency lasers, vanadate crystals, polarisation.

PACS: 42.55.Rz, 42.70.Hj, 42.25.Ja

Received: 28.11.2011
Revised: 12.03.2012