1 W of stable single-frequency output at 1.03 μm from a novel, monolithic, non-planar Yb:YAG ring laser operating at room temperature

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 4363-4367

  Burdack, P ^a   Fox, T ^a   Bode, M ^a,b   Freitag, I ^a  

^a InnoLight GmbH   (Germany)

^b AIRBUS GROUP INNOVATIONS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PUMPING (LASER); SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; STABILIZATION;

FREQUENCY STABILIZATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SINGLE-FREQUENCY OUTPUT POWER; SINGLE-PASS SETUP;

SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

EID: 33646595336     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.004363     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. T. J. Kane and R. L. Byer, "Monolithic, unidirectional single-mode Nd:YAG ring laser," Opt. Lett. 10, 65-67 (1985).
2. I. Freitag, A. Tünnermann and H. Welling, "Power scaling of diode-pumped monolithic Nd:YAG lasers to output powers of several watts," Opt. Commun. 115, 511-515 (1995).
3. J. J. Zayhowski and A. Mooradian, "Single-frequency microchip Nd laser," Opt. Lett. 14, 24-26 (1989).
4. K. Wallmeroth, "Monolithic integrated Nd:YAG laser," Opt. Lett. 15, 903-905 (1990).
5. F.-L. Hong, J. Ishikawa, Z.-Y. Bi, J. Zhang, K. Seta, A. Onae, J. Yoda, and H. Matsumoto, "Portable I-stabilized Nd:YAG laser for international comparisons," Trans. Inst. Meas. 50, 486-489 (2001).
6. 2 stabilized frequency-doubled Nd:YAG lasers," Trans. Inst. Meas. 52, 236-239 (2003).
7. W.-Y. Cheng, L. Chen, T. H. Yoon, J. L. Hall and J. Ye, "Sub-Doppler molecular-iodine transitions near the dissociation limit (523-498 nm)," Opt. Lett. 27, 571-573 (2002).
8. T. J. Carrig, J. W. Hobbs, C. W. Urbina, G. J. Wagner, C. P. Hale, S. W. Henderson, R. A, Swirbalus and C. A. Denman, "Single-frequency, diode-pumped YbiYAG and Yb:YLF laser," Advanced Solid-State Lasers (ASSP), paper WC12 (2000).
9. T. Y. Fan and J. Ochoa, "Tunable single-frequency Yb:YAG laser with 1-W output power using twisted-mode technique," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 7, 1137-1138 (1995).
10. W. F. Krupke, "Ytterbium solid-state lasers-The first decade," IEEE J. Sel. Top. Quantum Electron. 6, 1287-1296 (2000).
11. M. Bode and I. Freitag, "Passively q-switched, quasi-monolithic Nd:YAG ring lasers with high single-frequency output power," Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) Europe, paper CThL1 (2000).
12. A. C. Nilsson, E. K. Gustafson, R. L. Byer, "Eigenpolarization theory of monolithic nonplanar ring oscillators," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 25, 767-790 (1989).
13. T. J. Kane, A. C. Nilsson and R. L. Byer, "Frequency stability and offset locking of a laser-diode-pumped Nd:YAG monolithic nonplanar ring oscillator," Opt. Lett. 12, 175-177 (1987)
14. T. J. Kane and E. A. P. Cheng, "Fast frequency tuning and phase locking of diode-pumped Nd:YAG ring lasers," Opt. Lett. 13, 970-972 (1988).
15. B. Willke, S. Brozek, K. Danzmann, V. Quetschke and S. Gossler, "Frequency stabilization of a monolithic Nd:YAG ring laser by controlling the power of the laser-diode pump source," Opt. Lett. 25, 1019-1021 (2000).
16. C. C. Harb, M. B. Gray, H.-A. Bachor, R. Schilling, P. Rottengatter, I. Freitag and H. Welling, "Suppression of intensity noise in a diode-pumped Neodymium:YAG nonplanar ring laser," IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 30, 2907-2913 (1994).
17. T. C. Ralph, E. H. Huntington, C. C. Harb, B. C. Buchler, P. K. Lam, D. E. McClelland, and H.-A. Bachor, "Understanding and controlling laser intensity noise," Opt. Quantum Electron. 31, 583-598 (1999).