Title :
Multi-watt average power 388 nm UV generation through frequency quadrupling of Yb/Er fiber laser sources
Author :
Avdokhin, A.V. ; Gapontsev, V.P. ; Vyatkin, M.Y. ; Yagodkin, R.I. ; Dronov, A.G. ; Popov, S.V. ; Taylor, J.R.
Author_Institution :
IPG Photonics, Oxford, MA, USA
Abstract :
The frequency quadrupling of up to 50 W average, 1.5 kW peak power Yb/Er single-mode, fibre oscillator/amplifier sources sequentially in periodically poled and bulk LBO crystals allows to achieve UV average powers of 3-10 W around 388 nm.
Keywords :
erbium; lithium compounds; optical fibre amplifiers; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; ultraviolet sources; ytterbium; 1.5 kW; 3 to 10 W; LBO crystals; UV generation; Yb/Er fiber laser; fibre amplifier; fibre oscillator; frequency quadrupling; Biomedical optical imaging; Erbium; Fiber lasers; Frequency conversion; High power amplifiers; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pumping; Power generation; Power lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.202458
