Comparison between all-solid-state Raman lasers and OPO lasers

SUN Guo-zheng

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Comparison between all-solid-state Raman lasers and OPO lasers

SUN Guo-zheng

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Department of Information Technology, Ordnance Science Institute of China, Beijing 100089, China

Received Date: 2010-07-23
Accepted Date: 2010-08-24

Abstract

The development of all-solid-state Raman laser and optical parametric oscillation(OPO) laser were summarized during the past five years. The principle and crystal of Raman laser and OPO laser were compared. An all-solid-state Raman lasers has advantages in beam quality and optical stability. While, an OPO laser has a larger tuning range and higher output power. Finally, the future development of all-solid-state Raman and OPO lasers was put forward.
- laser technique,
- Raman laser,
- optical parametric oscillation laser,
- crystal material

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[1]	RAMAN C V,KRISHAN K S.A new type of secondary radiation[J].Nature,1928,121: 501-502.
[2]	PASK H M,PIPER J A.Efficient all-solid-state yellow source producing 1.2W average power[J].Optics Letters,1999,24(21):1490-1492.
[3]	WANG Z C,DU C L,RUAN S C.Research progress of all-solid-state yellow Lasers[J].Laser & Optoelectronics Progress,2008(1):29-36(in Chinese).
[4]	ARMSTRONG J A,BLOEMBERGEN N,DUNCUING J,et al.Interactions between light waves in a nonlinear dielectric[J].Physical Review Letters，1962,6(12): 1918-1939.
[5]	WANG C C,RACETTE C W.Measurement of parametric gain accompanying optical difference frequency generation[J].Applied Physics Letters，1965,6(8): 169-171.
[6]	GIORDMARINE J A,MILLER R C.Optical parametric oscillation in the visible spectrum[J].Applied Physics Letters，1966,9(8)：298- 300.
[7]	LI C Y,HUANG L,CAI S.Review of nanosecond optical parametric oscillators[J].Laser Technology,2003，27(2)：116-118(in Chinese).
[8]	CERNY P,JELINKOVA H,ZVEREV P G.Solid state lasers with Raman frequency conversion [J].Progress in Quantum Electronics,2004,28(2): 113-143.
[9]	KOECHNER W.Solid-state laser engineering [M].Beijing: Science Press,2002:564-568(in Chinese).
[10]	YAO B C,WANG Y Z,WANG Q.Development of mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator[J].Laser Technology,2002,26(3): 217-220(in Chinese).
[11]	MURRAY J T,AUSTIN W L,POWELL R C.Intracavity Raman conversion and Raman beam cleanup[J].Optical Materials,1999,11(4): 353-371.
[12]	FREY R,MARTINO A D,PRADBRE F.High-efficiency pulse compression with intracavity Raman oscillators[J].Optics Letters,1983,8(8): 437-439.
[13]	PIPER J A,PASK H M.Crystalline Raman lasers[J].IEEE，2007,13(3)：692-704.
[14]	PASK H M.The design and operation of solid-state Raman lasers[J].Progress Quantum Electron,2003,27(1): 3-56.
[15]	NIU R H,LI T,ZHANG J W,et al.Research of 3463nm KTiOAsO4 optical parametric oscillator at low repetition frequency[J].Laser Technology,2010,34(3): 351-353(in Chinese).
[16]	MILDREN R P,PASK H M,PIPER J A.High-efficiency Raman converter generating 1.5W of red-orange output[R].Incline Village,Nevada: Optical Society of America,2006: MC3.
[17]	MILDREN R P,OGILVY H,PIPER J A.Solid-state Raman laser generating discretely tunable ultraviolet between 266 and 320nm[J].Optics Letters,2007,32(7):814-816.
[18]	CHEN X H,ZHANG X Y,WANG Q P，et al.Highly efficient diode-pumped actively Q-switched Nd:YAG-SrWO4 intracavity Raman laser[J].Optics Letters,2008,33(7): 705-707.
[19]	CHANG Y T,HUANG Y P,SU K W.Diode-pumped multi-frequency Q-switched laser with intracavity cascade Raman emission[J].Optics Express,2008,16(11):8286-8291.
[20]	YANG F G，YOU Z Y.End-pumped continuous-wave intracavity yellow Raman laser at 590nm with SrWO4 Raman crystal[J].Laser Physics Letters，2010,7(1): 14-16.
[21]	WANG W,GONG M L.Diode-pumped Q-switched Nd:YAG-KGW Raman laser operating in two-color modulation[J].Optics Express,2010,18(3):2655-2661.
[22]	WANG W,GONG M L.Efficient high-output diode side-pumped electro-optical Q-switched Nd:YAG /KGd(WO4)2 Raman laser with conductive and air cooling[J].Laser Physics Letters,2010,7(4): 294-297.
[23]	ZENDZIAN W,JABCZYNSKI J K,WACHULAK P，et al.High-repetition-rate,intracavity-pumped KTP OPO at 1572nm[J].Applied Physics,2004,80(12)：329-323.
[24]	ZENG Q Y,WAN Y,ZHANG B,et al.High-repetition-rate intracavity optical parametric oscillator at 1.57μm[J].Infrared and Laser Engineering,2006，35(6)：673-678(in Chinese).
[25]	LIU Z J.2.54W 1535nm KTiOAsO4 optical parametric oscillator within a diode-side-pumped acousto-optically Q-switched Nd:YAG laser[J].Journal of Physics,2008，D41(13): 5112-5115.
[26]	DONG X L,ZHANG B T,HE J L,et al.High-power 1.5 and 3.4μm intracavity KTA OPO driven by a diode-pumped Q-switched Nd:YAG laser[J].Optics Communications,2009,282(8)：1668-1670.
[27]	KIENLE F.High-power,variable repetition rate,picosecond optical parametric oscillator pumped by an amplified gain-switched diode[J].Optics Express,2010,18(8)：7602-7610.
[28]	LIN S T.Fiber-laser-pumped CW OPO for red,green,blue laser generation[J].Optics Express，2010，18(3)：2361-2367.

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Received Date: 2010-07-23

Accepted Date: 2010-08-24

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Abstract: The development of all-solid-state Raman laser and optical parametric oscillation(OPO) laser were summarized during the past five years. The principle and crystal of Raman laser and OPO laser were compared. An all-solid-state Raman lasers has advantages in beam quality and optical stability. While, an OPO laser has a larger tuning range and higher output power. Finally, the future development of all-solid-state Raman and OPO lasers was put forward.

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[1]	RAMAN C V,KRISHAN K S.A new type of secondary radiation[J].Nature,1928,121: 501-502.
[2]	PASK H M,PIPER J A.Efficient all-solid-state yellow source producing 1.2W average power[J].Optics Letters,1999,24(21):1490-1492.
[3]	WANG Z C,DU C L,RUAN S C.Research progress of all-solid-state yellow Lasers[J].Laser & Optoelectronics Progress,2008(1):29-36(in Chinese).
[4]	ARMSTRONG J A,BLOEMBERGEN N,DUNCUING J,et al.Interactions between light waves in a nonlinear dielectric[J].Physical Review Letters，1962,6(12): 1918-1939.
[5]	WANG C C,RACETTE C W.Measurement of parametric gain accompanying optical difference frequency generation[J].Applied Physics Letters，1965,6(8): 169-171.
[6]	GIORDMARINE J A,MILLER R C.Optical parametric oscillation in the visible spectrum[J].Applied Physics Letters，1966,9(8)：298- 300.
[7]	LI C Y,HUANG L,CAI S.Review of nanosecond optical parametric oscillators[J].Laser Technology,2003，27(2)：116-118(in Chinese).
[8]	CERNY P,JELINKOVA H,ZVEREV P G.Solid state lasers with Raman frequency conversion [J].Progress in Quantum Electronics,2004,28(2): 113-143.
[9]	KOECHNER W.Solid-state laser engineering [M].Beijing: Science Press,2002:564-568(in Chinese).
[10]	YAO B C,WANG Y Z,WANG Q.Development of mid-infrared optical parametric oscillator[J].Laser Technology,2002,26(3): 217-220(in Chinese).
[11]	MURRAY J T,AUSTIN W L,POWELL R C.Intracavity Raman conversion and Raman beam cleanup[J].Optical Materials,1999,11(4): 353-371.
[12]	FREY R,MARTINO A D,PRADBRE F.High-efficiency pulse compression with intracavity Raman oscillators[J].Optics Letters,1983,8(8): 437-439.
[13]	PIPER J A,PASK H M.Crystalline Raman lasers[J].IEEE，2007,13(3)：692-704.
[14]	PASK H M.The design and operation of solid-state Raman lasers[J].Progress Quantum Electron,2003,27(1): 3-56.
[15]	NIU R H,LI T,ZHANG J W,et al.Research of 3463nm KTiOAsO4 optical parametric oscillator at low repetition frequency[J].Laser Technology,2010,34(3): 351-353(in Chinese).
[16]	MILDREN R P,PASK H M,PIPER J A.High-efficiency Raman converter generating 1.5W of red-orange output[R].Incline Village,Nevada: Optical Society of America,2006: MC3.
[17]	MILDREN R P,OGILVY H,PIPER J A.Solid-state Raman laser generating discretely tunable ultraviolet between 266 and 320nm[J].Optics Letters,2007,32(7):814-816.
[18]	CHEN X H,ZHANG X Y,WANG Q P，et al.Highly efficient diode-pumped actively Q-switched Nd:YAG-SrWO4 intracavity Raman laser[J].Optics Letters,2008,33(7): 705-707.
[19]	CHANG Y T,HUANG Y P,SU K W.Diode-pumped multi-frequency Q-switched laser with intracavity cascade Raman emission[J].Optics Express,2008,16(11):8286-8291.
[20]	YANG F G，YOU Z Y.End-pumped continuous-wave intracavity yellow Raman laser at 590nm with SrWO4 Raman crystal[J].Laser Physics Letters，2010,7(1): 14-16.
[21]	WANG W,GONG M L.Diode-pumped Q-switched Nd:YAG-KGW Raman laser operating in two-color modulation[J].Optics Express,2010,18(3):2655-2661.
[22]	WANG W,GONG M L.Efficient high-output diode side-pumped electro-optical Q-switched Nd:YAG /KGd(WO4)2 Raman laser with conductive and air cooling[J].Laser Physics Letters,2010,7(4): 294-297.
[23]	ZENDZIAN W,JABCZYNSKI J K,WACHULAK P，et al.High-repetition-rate,intracavity-pumped KTP OPO at 1572nm[J].Applied Physics,2004,80(12)：329-323.
[24]	ZENG Q Y,WAN Y,ZHANG B,et al.High-repetition-rate intracavity optical parametric oscillator at 1.57μm[J].Infrared and Laser Engineering,2006，35(6)：673-678(in Chinese).
[25]	LIU Z J.2.54W 1535nm KTiOAsO4 optical parametric oscillator within a diode-side-pumped acousto-optically Q-switched Nd:YAG laser[J].Journal of Physics,2008，D41(13): 5112-5115.
[26]	DONG X L,ZHANG B T,HE J L,et al.High-power 1.5 and 3.4μm intracavity KTA OPO driven by a diode-pumped Q-switched Nd:YAG laser[J].Optics Communications,2009,282(8)：1668-1670.
[27]	KIENLE F.High-power,variable repetition rate,picosecond optical parametric oscillator pumped by an amplified gain-switched diode[J].Optics Express,2010,18(8)：7602-7610.
[28]	LIN S T.Fiber-laser-pumped CW OPO for red,green,blue laser generation[J].Optics Express，2010，18(3)：2361-2367.

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