COMPACT SOURCE OF COHERENT BLUE-LIGHT

被引:34
作者
HEMMERICH, A [1 ]
ZIMMERMANN, C [1 ]
HANSCH, TW [1 ]
机构
[1] MAX PLANCK INST QUANTUM OPT, W-8046 GARCHING, GERMANY
来源
APPLIED OPTICS | 1994年 / 33卷 / 06期
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D O I
10.1364/AO.33.000988
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
Generation of 22 mW of narrow-band radiation near 430 nm was achieved by frequency doubling the 100-mW output of a single-mode GaAlAs diode laser near 860 nm. A monolithic potassium niobate ring resonator ser-ves as the nonlinear medium and at the same time as a reference cavity for the diode-laser frequency, which optically self-locks to a cavity resonance frequency. Continuous scans of the second-harmonic frequency over 330 MHz are achieved with the electro-optic effect. The results demonstrate a portable, economical, and efficient source of coherent blue light.
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页码:988 / 991
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