Title :
All-solid-state, compact, and coherent blue source producing 118 mW at 440 nm by intracavity-frequency-tripling Nd:YAG laser beam
Author :
Mu, Xiaodong ; Ding, Yujie J. ; Zotova, Ioulia B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Lehigh Univ., Bethlehem, PA, USA
Abstract :
Coherent blue light is efficiently generated based on a novel scheme, i.e. intracavity frequency tripling by using partly-periodically-poled KTiOPO4. An average power of 118 mW for the blue light is produced for a 10-W pump.
Keywords :
laser beams; laser cavity resonators; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; potassium compounds; solid lasers; titanium compounds; 10 W; 118 mW; 440 nm; KTiOPO4; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; coherent blue light source; intracavity-frequency-tripling laser beam; partly-periodically-poled KTiOPO4; Crystals; Fiber lasers; Frequency conversion; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser transitions; Lasers and electrooptics; Mirrors; Power lasers; Pump lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201817
