• 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