Influence of Cr4+ ion concentration on cw operation of forsterite laser and its relation to thermal problems

Up to 30 mW of broadly tunable CW g

Up to 30 mW of broadly tunable CW green-to-orange light, based on sum-frequency mixing of Cr4+:forsterite and Nd:YVO4 lasers

✍ Jesper L. Mortensen; Alan McWilliam; Christopher G. Leburn; Peter Tidemand-Licht 📂 Article 📅 2006 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 128 KB

Efficient generation of continuous-wave (CW) tunable light in the yellow region is reported. The method is based on sum-frequency mixing of a tunable Cr 4+ :forsterite laser with a Nd:YVO 4 laser. A periodically poled lithium niobate crystal was placed intra-cavity in a Nd:YVO 4 laser, and the Cr 4+