Simultaneous Dual-Wavelength Operation of Nd-Doped Yttrium Orthovanadate Self-Raman Laser at 1175 nm and Undoped Gadolinium Orthovanadate Raman Laser at 1174 nm

A diode-pumped actively Q-switched Nd-doped yttrium orthovanadate self-Raman emission at 1175 nm and undoped gadolinium orthovanadate Raman emission at 1174 nm dual-wavelength laser is demonstrated. With the pump power of 20.5 W and pulse repetition frequency of 20 kHz, the maximum dual-wavelength output power of 1.52 W was obtained, which contained a 0.71 W 1174 nm Raman laser component and a 0.81 W 1175 nm self-Raman laser component. The corresponding dual-wavelength Raman pulse width was 14.8 ns. Experimental results indicated that the dual-wavelength Raman laser with a small wavelength separation was effectively realized through simultaneous self-Raman and Raman shift. (C) 2013 The Japan Society of Applied Physics