High-efficiency frequency conversion by phased cascading of nonlinear optical elements

Author

Chakmakjian, Stephen H. ; Gruneisen, Mark T. ; Koch, Karl ; Moore, Gerald T.

Author_Institution

Phillips Lab., US Air Force, Kirtland AFB, NM, USA

fYear

1994

fDate

25-29 Jul 1994

Firstpage

324

Lastpage

326

Abstract

Summary form only given. We present a technique whereby the frequency-doubled output power of a laser system is increased by a factor of two without increasing the size of the pump laser. The technique uses multiple doubling crystals in a tandem arrangement with inter-crystal phase plates to maintain proper phasing of the fields. The result leads to a savings of cost, power, and weight in operational systems. The process is demonstrated with a commercial 19 Watt cw mode-locked Nd:YAG laser and two temperature-tuned lithium triborate (LBO) crystals

Keywords

laser mode locking; laser tuning; lithium compounds; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; solid lasers; 19 W; LiB₃O₅; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; cost; cw mode-locked Nd:YAG laser; frequency-doubled output power; high-efficiency frequency conversion; inter-crystal phase plates; laser system; multiple doubling crystals; nonlinear optical elements; operational systems; phased cascading; powe; pump laser; tandem arrangement; temperature-tuned lithium triborate crystals; weight; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Laser mode locking; Lenses; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pumping; Power generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nonlinear Optics: Materials, Fundamentals, and Applications, 1994. NLO '94 IEEE

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1473-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NLO.1994.470792

Filename

470792