42%-efficient single-pass cw second-harmonic generation in periodically poled lithium niobate

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作者
Miller, GD [1 ]
Batchko, RG [1 ]
Tulloch, WM [1 ]
Weise, DR [1 ]
Fejer, MM [1 ]
Byer, RL [1 ]
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[1] Stanford Univ, Edward L Ginzton Lab, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
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10.1364/OL.22.001834
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
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We present a full-wafer fabrication process for periodically poled lithium niobate with a 6.5-mu m domain period. Samples that were 53 mm long and 0.5 mm thick were obtained with this process for single-pass cw 1064-nm Nd:YAG second-harmonic generation. These samples exhibited 78% of the ideal nonlinear coefficient, had a measured conversion efficiency of 8.5%/W in the low-power limit, and produced 2.7 W of cw 532-nm output with 6.5 W of cw input, which corresponds to 42% power conversion efficiency. (C) 1997 Optical Society of America.
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