Space phase matching and self-frequency-doubling red laser in Nd:GdCOB crystal

By using the calculation theory of the phase-matching direction and effective nonlinear coefficient of frequency doubling in biaxial crystal, we calculate the effective nonlinear coefficients at different frequency-doubling phase-matching directions of the three main fluorescent lines (936, 1060, 1331 nm ) of Nd:GdCOB crystal. The space distribution curves of effective nonlinear coefficient are drawn. Two crystal specimens are cut at the optimal type I phase matching angles: for specimen 1, θ=65°, Φ=34.6° (the first octant); for specimen 2, θ=66.5°, Φ=145.5° (the second octant). When pumped by Datachroom-5000 pulsed dye laser, the output self-frequency-doubling red laser in specimen 2 is 0.62 mJ , and the corresponding conversion efficiency is 2.5%. Under the same pumping condition, the output red laser of specimen 1 is much smaller than that of specimen 2, which is well in agreement with the theoretical calculation.