High-power diode-pumped Q-switched intracavity frequency-doubled Nd : YVO4 laser with a sandwich-type resonator

Abstract

A compact and efficient diode-pumped acousto-optically Q-switched intracavity frequency-doubled Nd:YVO4/KTP green laser is demonstrated. With 0.5-at. % Nd:YVO4, greater than 4.6 W of 532-nm average power at a repetition rate of 50 kHz was generated with 17-W pump power, corresponding to a conversion efficiency of 27%. At 10-30 kHz the pulse width is shorter than 10 ns, and the peak power is higher than 13 kW. (C) 1999 Optical Society of America.