High power and high energy self-frequency doubling Nd/sup 3+/-doped YCOB lasers

Summary form only given. The development of high power diode-pumped and flashlamp-pumped self-frequency doubling (SFD) lasers, such as Nd:YCa/sub 4/O(BO/sub 3/)/sub 3/ (Nd:YCOB), may be an attractive alternative to lasers incorporating intra-cavity doubling with a separate nonlinear crystals. Here we report our latest developments in high power, diode-pumped cw visible SFD laser systems and in flashlamp-pumped systems incorporating SFD crystals such as Nd:YCOB.