491 nm generation by sum-frequency mixing of diode pumped neodymium lasers

Emilie Hérault (1) , François Balembois (1) , Patrick Georges (1)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Elsa

We present three different dual-wavelength laser architectures to obtain cw blue radiations. They are based on diode-pumped Nd-doped crystals lasing on the 4F3/2-4I11/2 and 4F3/2-4I9/2 transitions. Blue radiations were achieved by intracavity sum frequency operation in a BiB3O6 crystal. We report a maximum output blue power of 303 mW at 491 nm for a pump power of 10 W

Domaines: Optique [physics.optics]

Emilie Hérault, François Balembois, Patrick Georges. 491 nm generation by sum-frequency mixing of diode pumped neodymium lasers. Optics Express, 2005, 13 (15), pp.5653-5661. ⟨hal-00686978⟩