| abstract |
Red light and green light are generated by passing a beam of plane-polarized blue light sequentially through two resonators each including a praseodymium-doped gain medium. A portion of the blue light is absorbed in the gain media and optically pumps the gain-media. Green light is generated in the first resonator and red light is generated in the second resonator. Green light from the first resonator is transmitted through the second resonator. Red light, green light, and unabsorbed blue light are delivered from the second resonator. Relative proportions of red light, green light, and blue light delivered from the second resonator can be varied by varying the orientation of the polarization-plane of the blue light with respect to the gain media. Sources of plane polarized blue light include optically pumped, frequency-doubled edge-emitting and surface-emitting semiconductor lasers. |