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In this paper, a continuous-wave all-solid-state Nd:YVO4 self-Raman laser in-band pumped by a wavelength-locked laser diode at 878.9 nm is theoretically investigated in detail. Considering the thermal lens effect in the laser crystal, cavity mode parameters are calculated for several output couplers with different radii of curvature, by employing the standard ABCD matrix approach and equivalent G parameter method. The influence of cavity structure on the output characteristic of the Raman laser is investigated by analyzing mode matching between the pump and the fundamental beams, as well as the fundamental intensities in the Raman crystal. This provides theoretical explanations for the experimental results, and based on the analysis above, laser cavity is optimized. Finally, a highest Raman output of 5.3 W is obtained at 1175 nm, corresponding to a diode-to-Stokes optical conversion efficiency of 20%.
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Keywords:
- self-Raman laser /
- continuous-wave /
- in-band pumping /
- design of laser cavity
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[1] Mask H P 2003 Prog. Quan. Electron. 27 3
[2] Murray J T, Austin W L, Powell R C 1999 Opt. Mater. 11 353
[3] Grabtchikov A S, Lisinetskii V A, Maksimenka R, Kiefer W 2004 Opt. Lett. 29 2524
[4] Pask H M 2005 Opt. Lett. 30 2454
[5] Dekker P, Pask H M, Piper J A 2007 Opt. Lett. 32 1114
[6] Fan L, Fan Y X, Zhang H J, Wang H T 2009 Opt. Lett. 34 1687
[7] Lee C Y, Chang C C, Sung C L, Chen Y F 2015 Opt. Express 23 22765
[8] Demidovich A A, Grabtchikov A S, Orlovich V A, Kiefer W 2005 Opt. Lett. 30 1701
[9] Dekker P, Pask H M, Spence D J, Piper J A 2007 Opt. Express 15 7038
[10] Zhu H Y, Duan Y M, Zhang G, Huang C H, Wei Y, Chen W D, Huang L X, Huang Y D 2011 Appl. Phys. B 103 559
[11] Kores C C, Neto J J, Geskus D, Pask H M, Wetter N U 2015 Opt. Lett. 40 3524
[12] Lee A J, Pask H M, Piper J A, Zhang H J, Wang J Y 2010 Opt. Express 18 5984
[13] Neto J J, Lin J, Wetter N U, Pask H 2012 Opt. Express 20 9841
[14] Fan L, Fan Y X, Wang H T 2010 Appl. Phys. B 101 493
[15] Lu Y F, Zhang X H, Li S T, Xia J, Cheng W B, Xiong Z 2010 Opt. Lett. 35 2964
[16] Wang X L, Dong J, Wang X J, Xu J, Ueda K, Kaminskii A A 2016 Opt. Lett. 41 3559
[17] Ding X, Fan C, Sheng Q, Li B, Yu X Y, Zhang G Z, Sun B, Wu L, Zhang H Y, Liu J, Jiang P B, Zhang W, Zhao C, Yao J Q https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.22.029111 2014 Opt. Express 22 29111
[18] Fan L, Zhao W Q, Qiao X, Xia C Q, Wang L C, Fan H B, Shen M Y 2016 Chin. Phys. B 25 114207
[19] Innocenzi M E, Yura H T, Fincher C L, Fields R A 1990 Appl. Phys. Lett. 56 1831
[20] Mao Y F, Zhang H L, Xu L, Deng B, Sang S H, He J L, Xing J C, Xin J G, Jiang Y 2015 Acta Phys. Sin. 64 014203 (in Chinese)[毛叶飞, 张恒利, 徐浏, 邓波, 桑思晗, 何京良, 邢冀川, 辛建国, 江毅 2015 64 014203]
[21] Sheng Q, Ding X, Li B, Yu X Y, Fan C, Zhang H Y, Liu J, Jiang P B, Zhang W, Wen W Q, Sun B, Yao J Q 2014 J. Opt. 16 105206
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