Power fluctuations by longitudinal modes coupling in diode-pumped intracavity-doubled NdYVO4 microchip lasers
- Pilar Puyuelo Valdés 1
- Sebastián Jarabo 2
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1
Universidad de Salamanca
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2
Universidad de Zaragoza
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ISSN: 2171-8814
Year of publication: 2018
Volume: 51
Issue: 1
Type: Article
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Abstract
Power fluctuations in a diode-pumped intracavity-doubled Nd:YVO4 microchip laser have been analysed. Their relationship with the coupling of several longitudinal modes has been experimentally demonstrated. Although second-harmonic power is generated by the nonlinear crystal, the effect of sum-frequency generation is also involved. This effect produced 9 spectral peaks at 532 nm when 5 longitudinal modes at 1064 nm were oscillating simultaneously.