Abstract

Two compact laser sources at 707 and 714 nm are realized efficiently by using a diode-pumped a-cut Nd:YVO₄ laser with intracavity stimulated Raman scattering and sum-frequency generation (SFG). The fundamental wave at 1342 nm is generated by the ⁴F_3/2 → ⁴I_13/2 transition in Nd:YVO₄ crystal. The Raman Stokes waves at 1496 and 1526 nm were obtained by placing the c-axis of the Nd:YVO₄ crystal along the N_g and N_m axes of an N_p-cut KGW crystal, respectively. LBO crystals with critical phase matching are used to perform the intracavity SFG of fundamental and Stokes waves. At a pump power of 36 W, the maximum output powers at 707 and 714 nm can reach 2.72 and 3.14 W, corresponding to light-to-light conversion efficiencies of 7.5% and 8.7%, respectively. The developed 707 and 714 nm laser sources are practically useful in laser trapping and cooling related to atomic strontium and radium.

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