Title :
Raman-assisted UV generation in KTP frequency doublers
Author :
Kennedy, Chandler J.
Author_Institution :
ProtoPhotonic Inc., Town & Country, MO, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. An attempt to lase a Raman line in a KTP doubler aroused our suspicions that the Raman process might be implicated in KTP damage. Although occasional flashes of directed Stokes light were observed, they were invariably self-terminating and associated with bulk crystal catastrophic damage. We therefore explored the possibility that Raman-shifted light generated in the doubling process was phase matched to produce damaging UV
Keywords :
Raman lasers; Raman spectroscopy; laser beam effects; laser beams; optical harmonic generation; potassium compounds; KTP doubler; KTP frequency doublers; KTiOPO4; Raman line lasing; Raman process; Raman-assisted UV generation; Raman-shifted light generation; bulk crystal catastrophic damage; damaging UV; directed Stokes light; doubling process; flashes; phase matched; self-terminating; Equations; Frequency conversion; Ionization; Light scattering; Particle scattering; Photonic crystals; Raman scattering; Safety; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications, 1994. NLO '94 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Waikoloa, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1473-5
DOI :
10.1109/NLO.1994.470788
