Pump control based pulse on demand operation of frequency doubled Nd:YVO4

Directly pump controlled pulse on demand operation of an intracavity frequency doubled Nd:YVO4 laser is presented, capable of generating arbitrary delay between pulses in the output sequence with the upper limit in MHz range. Micro pulses on demand were achieved by the gain switching technique and i...

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Main Authors: Agrež, V. (Author), Marš, M. (Author), Petkovšek, R. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2022
Subjects:
KTP
SHG
Online Access:View Fulltext in Publisher
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520 3 |a Directly pump controlled pulse on demand operation of an intracavity frequency doubled Nd:YVO4 laser is presented, capable of generating arbitrary delay between pulses in the output sequence with the upper limit in MHz range. Micro pulses on demand were achieved by the gain switching technique and intracavity doubling through the optimization between the conversion efficiency and achievable repetition rate. Further, the article presents first study of a high modulation intracavity doubled Nd:YVO4 laser utilizing the crystals high emission cross section for fast gain switching. In the free space experimental setup, the highest repetition rate over 2 MHz and frequency doubling efficiency of 30% were achieved with the further scaling possible using optically bonded tightly packed architecture. The demonstrated pulse on demand operation of a compact micro pulsed laser at 532 nm enables full synchronization with the application. © 2022 The Author(s) 
650 0 4 |a Conversion efficiency 
650 0 4 |a Efficiency 
650 0 4 |a Frequency doublers 
650 0 4 |a Gain switching 
650 0 4 |a Gain switching 
650 0 4 |a Harmonic generation 
650 0 4 |a KTP 
650 0 4 |a KTP 
650 0 4 |a Nd:YVO 4 
650 0 4 |a Nd:YVO 4 lasers 
650 0 4 |a Nd:YVO4 
650 0 4 |a On demands 
650 0 4 |a On-demand operations 
650 0 4 |a Optical pumping 
650 0 4 |a Pulse on demand 
650 0 4 |a Pulse on demand 
650 0 4 |a Pulse repetition rate 
650 0 4 |a Pulsed lasers 
650 0 4 |a Pump control 
650 0 4 |a SHG 
650 0 4 |a SHG 
650 0 4 |a Solid state laser 
650 0 4 |a Solid state lasers 
650 0 4 |a Solid-state lasers 
700 1 |a Agrež, V.  |e author 
700 1 |a Marš, M.  |e author 
700 1 |a Petkovšek, R.  |e author 
773 |t Optics and Laser Technology