Repetition rate dependence of gray-tracking in KTiOPO4 during second-harmonic generation at 532 nm

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Feve, JP [1 ]
Boulanger, B [1 ]
Marnier, G [1 ]
Albrecht, H [1 ]
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[1] CRISTAL LASER SA,F-54230 CHALIGNY,FRANCE
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10.1063/1.118391
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The aim of this work is to study gray tracking during type II second-harmonic-generation 1064-->532 nn in halide flux grown KTiOPO4 crystals. The repetition rate of the laser varies from 1 to 20 kHz. We experimentally demonstrate that the gray-tracking threshold, expressed by the harmonic peak power density, is a decreasing exponential function of the e-switch frequency. The corresponding 532 nn average power density, however, remains constant. (C) 1997 American Institute of Physics.
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