• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 15, Issue 7, 071401 (2017)
Shuaijun Zhou, Peng Gu, Xiaoli Li*, and Shibing Liu
Author Affiliations
  • Institute of Laser Engineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201715.071401 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Shuaijun Zhou, Peng Gu, Xiaoli Li, Shibing Liu. Continuous wave dual-wavelength Nd:YVO4 laser working at 1064 and 1066 nm[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(7): 071401 Copy Citation Text show less
    Experimental setup of CW dual-wavelength Nd:YVO4 laser.
    Fig. 1. Experimental setup of CW dual-wavelength Nd:YVO4 laser.
    Output power of 1064 nm laser as a function of the incident pump power.
    Fig. 2. Output power of 1064 nm laser as a function of the incident pump power.
    Output spectrum of the Nd:YVO4 laser with the pump light polarized parallel to the crystal’s c-axis (left) and b-axis (right).
    Fig. 3. Output spectrum of the Nd:YVO4 laser with the pump light polarized parallel to the crystal’s c-axis (left) and b-axis (right).
    Total output powers of the dual-wavelength laser at 1064 and 1066 nm as a function of the incident pump power.
    Fig. 4. Total output powers of the dual-wavelength laser at 1064 and 1066 nm as a function of the incident pump power.
    Output spectrum of the dual-wavelength Nd:YVO4 laser at the incident pump power of 2.85 W.
    Fig. 5. Output spectrum of the dual-wavelength Nd:YVO4 laser at the incident pump power of 2.85 W.
    Output power of the dual-wavelength Nd:YVO4 laser as a function of the incident pump power for wavelengths of 1064 and 1066 nm.
    Fig. 6. Output power of the dual-wavelength Nd:YVO4 laser as a function of the incident pump power for wavelengths of 1064 and 1066 nm.
    Transitions within Nd:YVO4 crystal (left) between different energy levels, (right) from energy level F3/24 to I11/24 with Stark splitting resulting in 1064 and 1066 nm emissions.
    Fig. 7. Transitions within Nd:YVO4 crystal (left) between different energy levels, (right) from energy level F3/24 to I11/24 with Stark splitting resulting in 1064 and 1066 nm emissions.
    Effective stimulated emission cross section from F3/24 to I11/24 of Nd:YVO4[22].
    Fig. 8. Effective stimulated emission cross section from F3/24 to I11/24 of Nd:YVO4[22].
    Relationship between the polarization direction of the pump light E and the Nd:YVO4 crystal axis.
    Fig. 9. Relationship between the polarization direction of the pump light E and the Nd:YVO4 crystal axis.
    Shuaijun Zhou, Peng Gu, Xiaoli Li, Shibing Liu. Continuous wave dual-wavelength Nd:YVO4 laser working at 1064 and 1066 nm[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2017, 15(7): 071401
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