Abstract

In this Letter, the frequency expansion of an orthogonally polarized dual-wavelength laser, based on the cascaded stimulated Raman scattering, was demonstrated for the first time, to the best of our knowledge. The dual-wavelength fundamental laser generated from two separate Nd:YLF crystals was free of gain competition. Integrating the benefit of the two different orthogonally polarized Raman gain peaks in the KGd(WO₄)₂ (KGW) crystal, two sets of first-Stokes orthogonally polarized dual-wavelength Raman lasers were first achieved by rotating the Raman crystal for 90°. Furthermore, by simply replacing the Raman output coupler, we attained another two sets of second-Stokes orthogonally polarized dual-wavelength Raman lasers via the cascaded Raman shift. At a pulse repetition frequency of 5 kHz, the maximum first-Stokes and second-Stokes dual-wavelength Raman output powers were 3.12 and 2.09 W, with the combined peak powers of approximately 240 and 290 kW, respectively.

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