Lithium tetraborate (Li/sub 2/B/sub 2/O/sub 7/) crystals for the high-energy fifth-harmonic generation of Nd:YAG lasers

Author

Komatsu, Ryohei ; Sugawara, Toshiki ; Sassa, K. ; Sarukura, N. ; Liu, Zhe ; Izumida, S. ; Segawa, Yuji ; Uda, S. ; Fukuda, Toshio ; Yamanouchi, S.K.

Author_Institution

Central Res. Inst., Mitsubishi Matter. Corp., Saitama, Japan

fYear

1996

fDate

2-7 June 1996

Firstpage

233

Lastpage

234

Abstract

Summary form only given. In conclusion, we have grown large, high-quality lithium tetraborate (Li/sub 2/B/sub 4/O/sub 7/) crystals, and have found that LBO can be applied for ultraviolet frequency conversion. We also demonstrated the fifth harmonic of a Nd:YAG laser with 0.7 W average power.

Keywords

crystal growth from melt; laser beams; lithium compounds; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; solid lasers; 0.7 W; Li/sub 2/B/sub 2/O/sub 7/; Li/sub 2/B/sub 2/O/sub 7/ crystal; Nd:YAG laser; Nd:YAG laser OHG; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; average power; fifth harmonic; high-energy fifth-harmonic generation; lithium tetraborate crystals; ultraviolet frequency conversion; Chirp; Crystals; Frequency; Laser theory; Lithium; Optical harmonic generation; Optimized production technology; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse generation; Ultrafast optics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1996. CLEO '96., Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-443-2

Type

conf

Filename

864604