Frequency stability and offset locking of a laser-diode-pumped Nd:YAG monolithic nonplanar ring oscillator
- 1 March 1987
- journal article
- Published by Optica Publishing Group in Optics Letters
- Vol. 12 (3), 175-177
- https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.12.000175
Abstract
The frequency stability of laser-diode-pumped, monolithic Nd:YAG solid-state unidirectional nonplanar ring oscillators was studied by heterodyne measurements. We obtained cw single-axial- and transverse-mode power of 25 mW at 1064 nm at a slope efficiency of 19%. Two independent oscillators were offset locked at 17 MHz with frequency fluctuations of less than ±40 kHz for periods of 8 min.Keywords
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