Efficient high repetition rate ns-OPO for the generation of continuously tunable UV radiation

Author

Peltz, M. ; Anstett, G. ; Bader, U. ; Bartschke, J. ; Borsutzky, A. ; Wallenstein, R.

Author_Institution

Fachbereich Phys., Kaiserslautern Univ., Germany

fYear

1999

fDate

28-28 May 1999

Firstpage

63

Lastpage

64

Abstract

Summary form only given. Pulsed tunable UV radiation is of interest for applications like CRD spectroscopy or detection of atmospheric trace gases with the LIDAR technique. In such applications the use of high repetition rate UV laser sources significantly improves the detection sensitivity. We report on an all solid-state laser system which meets the requirements in respect to tuning range, bandwidth, repetition rate and output power. The system consists of a frequency doubled BBO OPO pumped by the 3rd harmonic of a diode pumped kHz Q-switched Nd:YAG laser.

Keywords

barium compounds; optical harmonic generation; solid lasers; BaB/sub 2/O/sub 4/; bandwidth; continuously tunable UV radiation; detection sensitivity; efficient high repetition rate; output power; tuning range; Gas lasers; Gases; Laser excitation; Laser radar; Laser tuning; Pump lasers; Radiation detectors; Solid lasers; Spectroscopy; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-595-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1999.833882

Filename

833882