Tsunekane M, Taguchi N, Inaba H. Elimination of chaos in a multilongitudinal-mode, diode-pumped, 6-W continuous-wave, intracavity-doubled Nd:YAG laser.
OPTICS LETTERS 1997;
22:1000-1002. [PMID:
18185732 DOI:
10.1364/ol.22.001000]
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Abstract
We present a new stability mechanism in an intracavity-doubled Nd:YAG laser oscillating in a multi-fundamental-longitudinal mode. Self-mode-locked oscillation, in which phases of the modes give the destructive interference between the sum and doubling components, leads to the low-noise operation of the diode-pumped, >6-W cw green laser, which we previously demonstrated [Opt. Lett. 21 1912 (1996)]. This phase-locked mode of operation would reduce the nonlinear output coupling and ultimately eliminate the chaotic amplitude fluctuation from the so-called green problem. The internally reflected green light at the end mirror has a significant effect on phase locking and elimination of noise through parametric processes.
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