3.25-mW blue light by direct frequency-doubling of a 980-nm diode laser using an aperiodically poled LiNbO/sub 3/ crystal

Author

Birkin, D.J.L. ; Rafailov, E.U. ; Sokolovskii, G.S. ; Reid, Derryck T. ; Sibbett, W. ; Ross, G.W. ; Smith, Peter G. R. ; Hanna, D.C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys. & Astron., St. Andrews Univ., UK

fYear

2000

fDate

7-12 May 2000

Firstpage

425

Lastpage

426

Abstract

Summary form only given.There is considerable interest in compact lasers that operate in the blue spectral region. Through the use of an aperiodic crystal and a pulsed diode laser we have demonstrated a compact 3.25-mW blue laser source. The experimental scheme for the frequency doubling of the diode laser is illustrated. For a cw power of 108 mW, the maximum SH output power from the periodically poled LiNbO/sub 3/ (PPLN) was 150 /spl mu/W.

Keywords

dielectric polarisation; laser transitions; lithium compounds; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; semiconductor lasers; 108 mW; 150 muW; 980 nm; LiNbO/sub 3/; LiNbO/sub 3/ crystal; aperiodic crystal; aperiodically poled; blue spectral region; compact lasers; compact mW blue laser source; cw power; diode laser; direct frequency-doubling; frequency doubling; mW blue light; maximum SH output power; periodically poled; pulsed diode laser; Bandwidth; Chirp; Coatings; Computational Intelligence Society; Diode lasers; Frequency; Gratings; Optical pulses; Power generation; Power lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-634-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2000.907203

Filename

907203