Title :
High-energy 266-nm picosecond pulse generation from a narrow spectral bandwidth gain-switched LD MOPA
Author :
Orii, Y. ; Takushima, Yuichi ; Yamagaki, Mieko ; Higashitani, Asa ; Matsubara, S. ; Murayama, Shigeyuki ; Manabe, Takeshi ; Utsumi, Isao ; Okuyama, Daisuke ; Okada, George
Author_Institution :
Spectronix Corp., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
We generated 45-μJ 266-nm picosecond optical pulses at 100-kHz repetition rate by fourth-harmonic generation of 150-μJ, 72-ps, 1064-nm optical output from a narrow spectral bandwidth hybrid MOPA seeded by a gain-switched laser diode.
Keywords :
optical harmonic generation; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; spectral line breadth; LD MOPA; MOPA; energy 150 muJ; energy 45 muJ; fourth-harmonic generation; frequency 100 kHz; gain switching; laser diode; narrow spectral bandwidth; picosecond pulse generation; time 72 ps; wavelength 266 nm;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA