title: Diode-pumped laser properties of Nd3+-doped La2CaB10O19 crystal including two-frequency generation with 4.6 THz separation.
abstract: We have studied under laser diode pumping near 800 nm the continuous wave laser operation of the Nd(3+) -doped La(2)CaB(10)O(19) biaxial noncentrosymmetric crystal. From Z-oriented samples we have obtained lasing at 1051.4 nm of Nd(3+) ions located in the regular La(3+) sites. Self-frequency doubling was obtained with samples oriented at the phase matching direction of the type I ee-o nonlinear interaction. With X-oriented samples, thanks to the existence of two La(3+) and Ca(2+)-sites for the Nd(3+) location, we have obtained a two-frequency laser working in dual polarization with a frequency difference unusually large of 4.6 THz.
authors.affiliation: Université de Lyon, F-69622, Lyon, France. brenier@pcml.univ-lyon1.fr
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brenier
authors.forename: Yicheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Peizhen
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: Jianxiu
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yanlei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zu