Title :
142 mW tunable blue light generation at 488 nm by single-pass SHG of an external cavity enhanced broad-area laser diode
Author :
Jechow, Andreas ; Menzel, Ralf
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Phys., Univ. of Potsdam, Potsdam
Abstract :
142 mW visible light with a tuning range of 5 nm were generated by frequency doubling of an external cavity broad-area laser diode using a PPLN waveguide crystal. A wall-plug efficiency of 5.9% was obtained.
Keywords :
laser cavity resonators; optical harmonic generation; optical waveguides; semiconductor lasers; PPLN waveguide crystal; external cavity enhanced broad area laser diode; frequency doubling; power 142 mW; single pass SHG; tunable blue light generation; wall plug efficiency; wavelength 488 nm; wavelength 5 nm; Diode lasers; Frequency; Gratings; Laser tuning; Lenses; Optical harmonic generation; Optical waveguides; Power generation; Tunable circuits and devices; Waveguide lasers; (140.2020) Diode lasers; (140.3515) Lasers, frequency doubled; (140.3600) Lasers, tunable;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2008 and 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science. CLEO/QELS 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-859-9
