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Lasers

Eye-safe Nd :YVO₄ laser with intracavity SRS in a BaWO₄ crystal

P. G. Zverev, L. I. Ivleva

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

Abstract: A compact diode-pumped eye-safe Nd : YVO₄ laser with an acousto-optic Q-switch and an intracavity BaWO₄ Raman converter is developed. The laser power at a wavelength of 1536 nm with a pulse repetition rate of 20 kHz is 0.6 W, the diode-to-Stokes slope conversion efficiency reaches 44 %. Laser pulses with an energy of 35 μJ and a duration of 10 ns are achieved at a repetition rate of 15 kHz.

Keywords: stimulated Raman scattering, SRS laser, eye-safe spectral region, Nd :YVO₄ laser, BaWO₄ crystal.

PACS: 42.55.Rz, 42.65.Dr, 42.70.Mp

Received: 05.09.2011

 English version: Quantum Electronics, 2012, 42:1, 27–30

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