DocumentCode
405411
Title
Thermal-induced two-photon absorption reduction of Li2B4O7 for the high-pulse-energy scaling of the fourth harmonic generation of Nd:YAG laser
Author
Masada, Genta ; Shiraishi, Hiroyuki ; Sekine, Ichiro ; Suzuki, Yuji ; Ono, Shingo ; Sarukura, Nobuhiko
Author_Institution
Naka Res. Inst., Mitsubishi Mater. Corp., Ibaraki, Japan
Volume
1
fYear
2003
fDate
15-19 Dec. 2003
Abstract
Thermal-induced two-photon absorption reduction is found for the Li2B4O7. By raising the temperature up to 100 degrees, 0.430-J, 266-nm pulses are obtained from a 10-Hz Nd:YAG laser with a total conversion efficiency of 30.5%.
Keywords
light absorption; lithium compounds; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; optical pulse generation; semiconductor lasers; thermo-optical effects; yttrium compounds; 0.430 J; 10 Hz; 266 nm; 30.5 percent; Li2B4O7; Nd:YAG laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; fourth harmonic generation; high-pulse-energy scaling; thermal-induced two-photon absorption reduction; Absorption; Crystals; Frequency conversion; Laser excitation; Laser theory; Optical harmonic generation; Optical pulse generation; Pump lasers; Temperature; Ultrafast optics;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7766-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1274644
Filename
1274644
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