Efficient generation of red and blue light from 1.32 /spl mu/m in partly-periodically-poled KTiOPO/sub 4/ crystal

Author

Xiaodong Mu ; Ding, Yujie J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Arkansas Univ., Fayetteville, AR, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

549

Lastpage

551

Abstract

Summary form only given. Recently, we reported obtaining THG by cascading non-phase-matched SHG and sum frequency generation in a single cerium-doped KTiOPO/sub 4/ (Ce:KTP) crystal from femtosecond laser pulses at 1.32 /spl mu/m. A conversion efficiency of 0.17% was achieved at a pump intensity of 3.2/spl times/10/sup 11/ W/cm/sup 2/. In order to improve the conversion efficiency, we have designed a new KTP structure by using quasi phase-matched (QPM) SHG to replace the previous non-phase-matched SHG. Here, we report our first result of efficiently generating coherent blue light in this crystal.

Keywords

cerium; dielectric polarisation; optical harmonic generation; optical phase matching; photorefractive materials; potassium compounds; 0.17 percent; 1.32 micron; KTiOPO/sub 4/; KTiOPO/sub 4/ crystal; THG; blue light; cerium-doped KTiOPO/sub 4/; coherent blue light; conversion efficiency; femtosecond laser pulses; nonphase-matched SHG; partly-periodically-poled; pump intensity; quasi phase-matched SHG; red light; sum frequency generation; Erbium; Frequency conversion; Lenses; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pulse generation; Optical retarders; Ovens; Physics; Pump lasers; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.948154

Filename

948154