Abstract: A system is provided for generating a laser beam via non-linear effects, including: a monofrequency continuous-wave laser source; and an external resonant cavity referred to as a microchip cavity. The microchip cavity is composite insofar as it is a unitary assembly of a plurality of materials g: at least one nonlinear crystal; an entrance mirror; a concave mirror deposited on a material fixed to the nonlinear crystal—the material on which the concave mirror is deposited is different from the constituent material of the nonlinear crystal; a first thermoelectric module for controlling the temperature of the nonlinear crystal; and at least one second thermoelectric module for controlling at least the temperature of the material on which the concave mirror is deposited.

Abstract: A system is provided for generating a laser beam via non-linear effects, including: a monofrequency continuous-wave laser source; and an external resonant cavity referred to as a microchip cavity. The microchip cavity is composite insofar as it is a unitary assembly of a plurality of materials g: at least one nonlinear crystal; an entrance mirror; a concave mirror deposited on a material fixed to the nonlinear crystal—the material on which the concave mirror is deposited is different from the constituent material of the nonlinear crystal; a first thermoelectric module for controlling the temperature of the nonlinear crystal; and at least one second thermoelectric module for controlling at least the temperature of the material on which the concave mirror is deposited.

Abstract: A Raman laser device includes: an amplifying medium (2) absorbent at a pump wavelength ?P and emitting at an excitation wavelength ?S, a Raman medium (3) exhibiting at least one Stokes shift ??R, such as to convert the emission at the excitation wavelength ?S into a continuous emission at a Raman wavelength ?R. The amplifying medium and the Raman medium belong to a Raman cavity resonant at the excitation wavelength ?S and at the Raman wavelength ?R. The length of the Raman medium is less than 9 mm and the sum of the gaps between each of the elements of the Raman cavity is less than 2 mm. A system including such a Raman laser device, and a method of adjusting the Raman laser device are described.

Abstract: The invention concerns a laser device (1, 13) comprising: a three-level amplifying medium (3) adapted to emit a first laser beam (3) of fundamental wavelength; a four-level amplifying medium (5) adapted to emit a second laser beam (7) of fundamental wavelength; a non-linear crystal (4) adapted to mix the first and second beams and to generate a third beam (14, 15) whereof the frequency is the sum of the frequencies of said first and second laser beams. Said device is characterized in that the three-level amplifying medium (3) and at least the non-linear crystal (4) form a resonant cavity for the first laser beam (6), and the four-level amplifying medium (5) and at least the non-linear crystal (4) form a resonant cavity for the second laser beam (7), the two amplifying media and the non-linear crystal forming a linear cavity.