Abstract
A beam-shaped 20-W diode bar has longitudinally pumped a Nd:YAG laser in a ring configuration. Unidirectional single-frequency operation is enforced by a Faraday rotator. Intracavity frequency doubling with a KTP crystal has produced 3 W of stable single-frequency TEM00 output at 532 nm.
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