title: All-solid-state 704 mW continuous-wave yellow source based on an intracavity, frequency-doubled crystalline Raman laser.
abstract: Continuous-wave operation at 588 nm of a diode-pumped Nd:GdVO4 laser with intracavity Raman shifting [in KGd(WO4)2, KGW] and frequency-doubling (in LiB3O5, LBO) is reported. A maximum cw power at 588 nm of 704 mW was obtained for diode pump powers of 13.7 W. Quasi-cw yellow powers up to 1.57 W at a 50% duty cycle (to reduce thermal load in the laser crystal) indicate that power scaling to over 1 W is feasible.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Lasers and Applications, Macquarie University, Australia.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dekker
authors.forename: Helen M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Pask
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Piper