{"title":"Switchable dual-, triple- and four-wavelength Nd:SRA laser on the 4F3/2 → 4I13/2 transition","authors":"Chu Chu, Zhenhua Du, Nguyentuan Anh, Yuzhao Li","doi":"10.1016/j.rio.2026.101084","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We report, for the first time, a continuous-wave (CW) multi-wavelength Nd:SrAl<sub>12</sub>O<sub>19</sub> (Nd:SRA) laser operating on the <sup>4</sup>F<sub>3/2</sub> → <sup>4</sup>I<sub>13/2</sub> transition. The conditions of gain-to-loss balance required for simultaneous multi-wavelength operation were determined via a birefringent filter (BRF). This enabled simultaneous lasing at six dual-wavelength pairs (1333/1339, 1339/1346, 1339/1384, 1346/1365, 1365/1376 and 1376/1384 nm), two triple-wavelength groups (1339/1376/1384 and 1365/1376/1384 nm) and a four-wavelength combination (1339/1365/1376/1384 nm). Wavelength switching between these combinations was realized by rotating the BRF or replacing it with BRFs of different thicknesses. Under an incident pump power of 20 W at 792 nm, the dual-wavelength operation at 1339/1384 nm yielded the highest total output power of 2.85 W. The corresponding output powers for the triple-wavelength (1339/1376/1384 nm) and four-wavelength operations were 1.08 W and 617 mW, respectively.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21151,"journal":{"name":"Results in Optics","volume":"24 ","pages":"Article 101084"},"PeriodicalIF":3.3000,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Results in Optics","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666950126001288","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2026/7/11 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"Physics and Astronomy","Score":null,"Total":0}
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We report, for the first time, a continuous-wave (CW) multi-wavelength Nd:SrAl12O19 (Nd:SRA) laser operating on the 4F3/2 → 4I13/2 transition. The conditions of gain-to-loss balance required for simultaneous multi-wavelength operation were determined via a birefringent filter (BRF). This enabled simultaneous lasing at six dual-wavelength pairs (1333/1339, 1339/1346, 1339/1384, 1346/1365, 1365/1376 and 1376/1384 nm), two triple-wavelength groups (1339/1376/1384 and 1365/1376/1384 nm) and a four-wavelength combination (1339/1365/1376/1384 nm). Wavelength switching between these combinations was realized by rotating the BRF or replacing it with BRFs of different thicknesses. Under an incident pump power of 20 W at 792 nm, the dual-wavelength operation at 1339/1384 nm yielded the highest total output power of 2.85 W. The corresponding output powers for the triple-wavelength (1339/1376/1384 nm) and four-wavelength operations were 1.08 W and 617 mW, respectively.