Dual-wavelength passively Q-switched Ho:GdVO₄ self-Raman laser operating at 2473 nm and 2520 nm

Abstract

A dual-wavelength passively Q-switched Ho:GdVO4 self-Raman laser in the 2.5 µm wave band was demonstrated with Cr:ZnS as a saturable absorber. Synchronized dual-wavelength pulsed laser outputs at 2473 nm and 2520 nm were acquired, corresponding to Raman frequency shifts of 808 cm−1 and 883 cm−1, respectively. The maximum total average output power of 114.9 mW was obtained at an incident pump power of 12.8 W with a pulse repetition rate of 3.57 kHz and a pulse width of 16.36 ns. The maximum total single pulse energy was 32.18 µJ, corresponding to a total peak power of 1.97 kW. The power ratios of the two Raman lasers can be controlled by varying the incident pump power. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time a dual-wavelength passively Q-switched self-Raman laser in the 2.5 µm wave band has been reported.

Continuous-Wave Self-Raman Vanadate Lasers Generating Versatile Visible Wavelengths

“…Nowadays, the most popular gain media for intracavity SRS are tungstate crystals [17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35] such as BaWO 4 , SrWO 4 , KGd(WO 4 ) 2 , and vanadate crystals such as GdVO 4 [36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48], YVO 4 , and LuVO 4 [92,93]. In particular, the Nd-doped vanadate laser materials are often categorized as self-Raman materials since they can simultaneously generate the fundamental laser field and the Raman Stokes field.…”