Yu. D. Zavartsev, A. I. Zagumennyi, F. Zerouk, S. A. Kutovoi, V. A. Mikhaĭlov, V. V. Podreshetnikov, A. A. Sirotkin, I. A. Shcherbakov, “Diode-pumped quasi-three-level 456-nm Nd:GdVO<sub>4</sub> laser”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 2003, Volume 33, Number 7,Pages <nobr>651

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Diode-pumped quasi-three-level 456-nm Nd:GdVO₄ laser

Yu. D. Zavartsev^a, A. I. Zagumennyi^a, F. Zerouk^b, S. A. Kutovoi^a, V. A. Mikhaĭlov^a, V. V. Podreshetnikov^a, A. A. Sirotkin^a, I. A. Shcherbakov^a

^a Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow
^b Zeckotek Inc., Canada

Abstract: A diode-pumped quasi-three-level Nd:GdVO₄ laser emitting at a wavelength of 912 nm corresponding to the ⁴F_3/2 – ⁴I_9/2 transition of the neodymium ion and at the second-harmonic linewidth of 456 nm after intracavity frequency doubling in a KNbO₃ crystal is studied. The maximum output power at the fundamental frequency was 2.96 W and the conversion efficiency amounted to 48 %. The second-harmonic output power achieved 220 mW for the conversion efficiency of 15 %.

PACS: 42.55.Rz, 42.55.Xi, 42.60.Lh

Received: 28.01.2003