DocumentCode
2893655
Title
Efficient frequency doubling of femtosecond pulses in a periodically-poled LiTaO3 crystal at room temperature
Author
Lagatsky, A.A. ; Rafailov, E.U. ; Sarmani, A.R. ; Brown, C.T.A. ; Sibbett, W. ; Ming, L. ; Smith, P.G.R.
Author_Institution
The Ultrafast Photonics Collaboration, Saint Andrews Univ., UK
fYear
2005
fDate
12-17 June 2005
Firstpage
42
Abstract
Here we report efficient generation of femtosecond pulses at 525 nm by the extracavity frequency doubling of the output of a diode-pumped mode-locked Yb:KYW laser using a periodically-poled LiTaO3 crystal (PPLT).
Keywords
laser mode locking; lithium compounds; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; optical pulse generation; optical pumping; solid lasers; tantalum compounds; 525 nm; LiTaO3; diode-pumped mode-locked Yb:KYW laser; efficient femtosecond pulse generation; extracavity frequency doubling; periodically-poled LiTaO3 crystal; Diodes; Frequency conversion; Gratings; Power lasers; Power measurement; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers; Temperature; Ultrafast optics; Wavelength measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2005. CLEO/Europe. 2005 Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-8974-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOE.2005.1567831
Filename
1567831
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