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Experimental study of low-frequency dynamics of an intracavity frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser demonstrates the influence of the interaction of orthogonally polarized modes, participating in frequency doubling (type II phase matching), on the stability of the laser output. At a sufficiently low pump rate and low conversion efficiency, the laser shows stable operation with a low noise level at the frequencies of relaxation oscillations. At a high pump power and/or a high conversion efficiency, the laser emission becomes unstable as a result of Hopf bifurcation at the frequencies of relaxation oscillations that are responsible for the anti-phase polarization dynamics of the laser.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 47, Nos. 10–11, pp. 807–812, October–November, 2004.
The research was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project Nos. 02-02-17046 and 03-02-17243), by the Council on the Grants of the President of the Russian Federation for Support of Leading Scientific Schools (grant No. 1622.2003.2), and by the INTAS Association (grant No. 99-00794). P. K. acknowledges financial support from the Graduate College GRK 463 of the University of Hamburg.
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Czeranowsky, C., Baev, V.M., Huber, G. et al. Polarization dynamics of intracavity frequency-doubled Nd:YAG laser. Radiophys Quantum Electron 47, 723–728 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11141-005-0010-0
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