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An efficient single-frequency continuous-wave Nd:YVO4 ring laser pumped at 880 nm is presented. With compact four-mirror ring cavity and optical isolator, we obtained an output power of 14.56 W at 1064 nm, corresponding to a slope efficiency of 61.7% and an optical-to-optical efficiency of 58.4% with respect to the absorbed pump power. The stability of the output power was better than ±0.5% over two hours. At the same time, a beam quality factor of M 2≈1.2 was measured and the line width of the longitudinal mode was about 25 MHz. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest slope efficiency and optical-to-optical efficiency in single-frequency Nd:YVO4 ring laser.
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Li, M., Zhao, W., Hou, W. et al. High efficiency continuous-wave single-frequency Nd:YVO4 ring laser under diode pumping at 880 nm. Appl. Phys. B 106, 593–597 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-011-4796-5
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