LD-pumped all-solid-state yellow laser based on frequency-doubled self-Raman laser

LD-pumped all-solid-state yellow laser based on frequency-doubled Nd:YVO4 crystal self-Raman laser was demonstrated. Through extracavity frequency-doubling with KTP crystal, the maximum average output power of the yellow laser was measured to be 495 mW with the incident pump power of 18 W. The corresponding optical conversion efficiency was about 2.75 %. The highest pulse energy, the shortest pulse width and the highest peak power of the yellow laser were obtained to be 19.9 μJ, 4.5 ns and 3.88 kW, respectively.