A method for reducing speckle noise of a monolithic microchip laser with
intracavity beam combining and sum frequency mixing is based on time
averaging of uncorrelated speckle patterns generated from a large number
of independent longitudinal modes and comprises schemes including
selection of gain media and nonlinear optical materials to support
broadband sum frequency mixing; adoption of gain-conjugated and/or
chirped mirrors for flat-top spectra and/or mode phase diversification;
multimode laser operation introduced by RF modulation; and multiplication
of source modes in frequency mixing process featured with degeneration
free and narrowed/uneven intervals. A device and an apparatus for
generating low speckle noise red, green, blue lasers adaptable for color
display systems are developed based on the inventive method.