Abstract

Frequency-doubled Pr:YAP laser emission has already been described under both flash-lamp [1] and GaN-diode pumping [2,3]. Nevertheless, the output power of commercially affordable pump GaN-laser-diodes is not so simple to be increased (unlike e.g. the OPS lasers), which limits the output of GaN-diode pumped laser systems. Thus, to overcame partially this disadvantage, the power-scalled laser system architecture has to be employed. Following our results concerning the second harmonic generation from the GaN-diode pumped Pr:YAP laser [2], power-scaled continuous-wave violet-generation by intracavity frequency doubling of the near-infrared emitting Pr:YAP laser is described.

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