학술논문

High-efficiency frequency conversion by phased cascading of nonlinear optical elements
Document Type
Conference
Source
Proceedings of 1994 Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications Nonlinear optics Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications, 1994. NLO '94 IEEE. :324-326 1994
Subject
Photonics and Electrooptics
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Frequency conversion
Nonlinear optics
Laser mode locking
Optical pumping
Pump lasers
Power lasers
Lenses
Optical harmonic generation
Crystals
Power generation
Language
Abstract
Summary form only given. We present a technique whereby the frequency-doubled output power of a laser system is increased by a factor of two without increasing the size of the pump laser. The technique uses multiple doubling crystals in a tandem arrangement with inter-crystal phase plates to maintain proper phasing of the fields. The result leads to a savings of cost, power, and weight in operational systems. The process is demonstrated with a commercial 19 Watt cw mode-locked Nd:YAG laser and two temperature-tuned lithium triborate (LBO) crystals.ETX