Generation of a Tunable UV Light by Frequency-Doubling of a Pulsed Dye Laser at a 10 kHz Rep. Rate with an elliptical Gaussian Beam

Author

Lim, Gwon ; Han, Jaemin ; Ko, Kwang-Hoon ; Park, Hyunmin ; Cha, Yong-Ho ; Rho, Sipyo ; Kim, Taek-Soo ; Jeong, Do-Young

Author_Institution

Quantum Opt. Div., Korea Atomic Energy Res. Inst., Daejeon

fYear

2007

fDate

26-31 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A frequency-doubled pulsed dye laser at a 10 kHz-repetition-rate has been developed by elliptically focusing a dye laser at 580 nm onto a BBO type-I crystal. We report on the conversion efficiency and beam quality of the frequency-doubled pulsed dye laser in this paper.

Keywords

barium compounds; dye lasers; laser beams; laser tuning; optical focusing; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; optical pulse generation; ultraviolet sources; BBO; BBO type-I crystal; UV light tuning; beam quality; conversion efficiency; elliptical Gaussian beam; focusing; frequency 10 kHz; frequency-doubling; pulsed dye laser; wavelength 580 nm; Frequency; Laser beams; Laser feedback; Laser transitions; Laser tuning; Optical pulse generation; Optimized production technology; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics - Pacific Rim, 2007. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2007. Conference on

Conference_Location

Seoul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1173-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1174-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2007.4391457

Filename

4391457