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Abstract
Stable and miniaturized orange lasers at 591 nm are in urgent demand for ophthalmology and dermatological treatment. However, at present, traditional dye lasers and nonlinear sum-frequency lasers are limited by their complex setup and high cost, whereas semiconductor laser diodes (LDs) emitting in the yellow-orange range suffer from low output power. Here, we propose a new, to the best of our knowledge, route to create self-frequency-doubling (SFD) orange laser with a combination of multiphonon-assisted lasing and nonlinear frequency-doubling in one crystal. Using Yb3+-doped YCa4O(BO3)3 (Yb:YCOB) crystal, we first realize a widely tunable laser beyond the fluorescence spectrum in the wavelength range of 1175–1248 nm. Then, by selecting the laser polarization and crystal angle to satisfy phase-matching conditions, we obtained a directly diode-pumped orange laser at 591.8 nm with 3.07-W output power and an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 13%. This work represents a new step forward for portable high-power solid-state orange lasers and provides an intriguing platform for electron–phonon coupled lasing.
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