Title :
Compact and highly efficient ultrafast blue light sources: bulk and waveguide approaches to the single pass frequency doubling of femtosecond Cr:LiSAF lasers
Author :
Agate, B. ; Kemp, Andreas J. ; Birkin, D.J.L. ; Rafailov, E.U. ; Brown, C.T.A. ; Sibbett, W.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of St. Andrews, UK
Abstract :
We present highly-efficient femtosecond blue light generation from a very simple, compact and potentially robust source. Complementary results from a periodically-poled waveguide suggest that this technique may allow the flexibility of quasi-phasematching in both the spectral and temporal domains to be exploited using compact and efficient femtosecond lasers.
Keywords :
chromium; high-speed optical techniques; light sources; lithium compounds; optical harmonic generation; optical phase matching; optical waveguides; solid lasers; strontium compounds; LiSrAlF6:Cr; bulk approach; compact highly efficient ultrafast blue light sources; femtosecond Cr:LiSAF lasers; femtosecond lasers; periodically-poled waveguide; quasi-phasematching; robust source; single pass frequency doubling; spectral domain; temporal domain; waveguide approach; Frequency; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Light sources; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Optical waveguides; Pump lasers; Ultrafast optics; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7500-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2002.1159367
