1085 nm Nd:YVO4 laser intracavity pumped at 914 nm and sum-frequency mixing to reach cyan laser at 496 nm

Abstract

We present for the first time a Nd:YVO4 laser at 1085 nm intracavity pumped at 914 nm by a Nd:YVO4 laser. We obtained intracavity powers of 57 W at 914 nm and 62 W at 1085 nm. Using type-I critical phase-matching LiB3O5 (LBO) crystal, a cyan laser at 496 nm is obtained by 914 and 1085 nm intracavity sum-frequency mixing. The maximum laser output power of 142 mW is obtained when an incident pump laser of 19.6 W is used.