Title :
Compact blue-green lasers get down to business
Author_Institution :
Center for Res. on Electro-Optics & Lasers, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
The development of solid-state, blue-green lasers, which are emerging as viable alternatives to air-cooled argon and helium-cadmium lasers for such applications as flourescent bioanalysis, optical inspection, and high-end reprographics, is summarized. Methods of efficient doubling in diode-pumped lasers, direct doubling, second harmonic generation in waveguides, and intracavity frequency mixing are discussed. The limited marketing impact of these technologies is also discussed.<>
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical harmonic generation; optical pumping; optical waveguides; solid lasers; blue-green lasers; compact solid-state lasers; diode pumped lasers; diode-pumped lasers; direct doubling; intracavity frequency mixing; second harmonic generation; waveguides; Argon; Biomedical optical imaging; Laser applications; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optical mixing; Optical waveguides; Solid lasers; Solid state circuits; Waveguide lasers;
Journal_Title :
Circuits and Devices Magazine, IEEE
