We demonstrate an all-solid-state continuous-wave (CW) single-frequency tunable 1.08 μm laser, which is realized by employing a disordered laser medium Nd:CaYAlO 4 (Nd:CYA) crystal. The maximal output power of single-frequency 1.08 μm laser is 1 W. By rotating the incident angle of the intracavity etalon (IE), the maximal tuning range of 183.71 GHz is achieved. After the IE is locked to the oscillating longitudinal mode of the laser, the continuous tuning range of 60.72 GHz for 1.08 μm laser is achieved by scanning the cavity length. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of a CW single-frequency widely tunable 1.08 μm laser based on Nd:CYA crystal.

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An effective approach to obtain a single-frequency laser with low intensity noise is presented in this paper, which is implemented by employing a gain medium with the small stimulated-emission cross section (SECS). When the adopted Nd:YAP (Nd:YAlO3) gain medium with SECS of 4.6×10−19 cm2 is replaced by Nd:CYA (Nd:CaYAlO4) gain medium with SECS of 1.04×10−19 cm2, the frequency of measured intensity noise reached shot noise limit obviously reduces from 2.49 to 1.5 MHz, which agrees well with the theoretical predictions. On this basis, a single-frequency continuous-wave (CW) Nd:CYA laser with low intensity noise is first achieved. The attained output power of the Nd:CYA laser is 1.12 W. The achieved single-frequency CW 1080 nm laser will satisfy the requirements of the squeezed and entangled light generation.