Conical refraction lasing in a Nd:YVO4 laser with a conerefringent KGW element

Reza Akbari, Chandan Howlader, Ksenia Fedorova, Grigorii Sokolovskii, Edik Rafailov, Arkady Major, Alexis V. Kudryashov, Alan H. Paxton, Vladimir S. Ilchenko

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Abstract

A conical refraction (CR) laser based on a separate gain medium (Nd:YVO4) and an intracavity CR element (KGW) was demonstrated. The decoupling of the gain and CR media enabled the laser to produce a well-behaved CR laser beam with excellent quality, while reducing the complexity of the pumping scheme. The proposed laser setup has the potential for power scaling using the efficient diode pumping approach and the properties of the generated CR beam are independent from the laser gain medium.
Original languageEnglish
Article number109041Z
JournalProceedings of SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume10904
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Mar 2019
EventLaser Resonators, Microresonators, and Beam Control XXI - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 2 Feb 20197 Feb 2019

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Keywords

  • Conical refraction
  • Diode-pumped laser
  • Nd-doped laser crystals
  • Solid-state laser

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