Title :
Third- and second-harmonic generation from 1.319-/spl mu/m Nd:YAG laser in one KTiOPO/sub 4/ crystal
Author :
Xiaodong Mu ; Ding, Y.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Arkansas Univ., Fayetteville, AR, USA
Abstract :
Summary from only given. KTiOPO/sub 4/ (KTP) crystal is an excellent nonlinear material since it has large nonlinear coefficients and high damage threshold. Furthermore, KTP crystal can be used for 90/spl deg/-phase-matched sum frequency generation (SFG) from 1.32 /spl mu/m and 0.66 /spl mu/m to 0.44 /spl mu/m. This is the key to blue-light generation from a Nd:YAG laser since one can combine quasi-phase-matched second-harmonic generation (QPM SHG) and SFG in one crystal to achieve third-harmonic generation (THG).
Keywords :
laser transitions; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; optical phase matching; potassium compounds; solid lasers; 0.66 to 0.44 micron; 1.319 micron; 1.32 micron; KTiOPO/sub 4/; KTiOPO/sub 4/ crystal; Nd:YAG laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; blue-light generation; high damage threshold; large nonlinear coefficients; nonlinear material; phase-matched sum frequency generation; quasi-phase-matched second-harmonic generation; third-harmonic generation; Bandwidth; Crystalline materials; Erbium; Frequency conversion; Operational amplifiers; Power amplifiers; Power generation; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse modulation; Ytterbium;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033570
