Highly efficient second harmonic generation by using four pass quadrature frequency conversion

被引:6
作者
Kiriyama, H [1 ]
Matsuoka, S [1 ]
Maruyama, Y [1 ]
Matoba, T [1 ]
Arisawa, T [1 ]
机构
[1] Japan Atom Energy Res Inst, Adv Photon Res Ctr, Kansai Res Estab, Kyoto 6190215, Japan
来源
ADVANCED HIGH-POWER LASERS | 2000年 / 3889卷
关键词
quadrature frequency conversion; second-harmonic generation (SHG); KTP; Nd : YAG laser;
D O I
10.1117/12.380943
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A novel frequency converter architecture of four-pass quadrature frequency conversion scheme was developed aiming to achiev high conversion efficiency. A high conversion efficiency of more than 80% has been achieved in this scheme for frequency doubling of 1064-nm in KTP with a low input fundamental laser intensity of 76 MW/cm(2). A second-harmonic output of 486 mJ was obtained with 607 mJ of the input 1064-nm fundamental laser at 10 Wt.
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页码:638 / 643
页数:6
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