Intracavity frequency doubling of a diode-pumped 946-nm Nd:YAG laser with bulk periodically poled MgO-LiNbo(3)

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作者
Harada, A
Nihei, Y
Okazaki, Y
Hyuga, H
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[1] Miyanodai Technol. Devmt. Center, Fuji Photo Film Company, Ltd., Ahigarakami-gun, Kanagawa 258, 798 Miyanodai, Kaisei-machi
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10.1364/OL.22.000805
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We report what we believe is the first cw quasi-phase-matched intracavity frequency doubling of a diode-pumped 946-nm Nd:YAG laser by use of bulk periodically poled MgO-LiNbO3. A maximum second-harmonic power of 5.9 mW was obtained at a laser diode power of 500 mW. The blue beam profile showed a TEM00 single spatial mode of low ellipticity (1:1) because there was no walk-off problem. Bulk periodic domain inversion was accomplished by a corona discharge method with a first-order modulation period of 4.75 mu m for a wavelength of 946 nm over a 2-mm interaction length in Z-cut 0.4-mm-thick MgO-LiNbO3. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.
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