title: Managing SRS competition in a miniature visible Nd:YVO4/BaWO4 Raman laser.
abstract: We demonstrate the operation of a compact and efficient continuous wave (CW) self-Raman laser utilizing a Nd:YVO4 gain crystal and BaWO4 Raman crystal, generating yellow emission at 590 nm. We investigate the competition that occurs between Stokes lines in the Nd:YVO4 and BaWO4 crystals, and within the BaWO4 crystal itself. Through careful consideration of crystal length and orientation, we are able to suppress competition between Stokes lines, and generate pure yellow emission at 590 nm with output power of 194 mW for just 3.8 W pump power.
authors.affiliation: MQ Photonics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia. lily.li@mq.edu.au
authors.forename: Xiaoli
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Yujing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huo
authors.forename: Huaijin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jiyang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: James A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Piper
authors.forename: Helen M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Pask
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Spence
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D053844:Lasers, Solid-State; D008904:Miniaturization; D013059:Spectrum Analysis, Raman / Q000295:instrumentation*