Title :
Efficient second-harmonic generation for generating ultrafast blue light in periodically-poled bulk and waveguide potassium titanyl phosphate
Author :
Petrov, V. ; Wang, Y. ; Ding, Y.J. ; Zheng, Y. ; Khurgin, J.B. ; Risk, W.P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Bowling Green State Univ., OH, USA
Abstract :
We report the first results of SHG in short-period periodically-poled KTiOPO4 (KTP) for efficiently generating blue light using subpicosecond laser pulses. The uniqueness of our results lies in the combination of short-period periodically-poled KTP crystals and an ultrafast pump beam for efficient generation of blue light
Keywords :
dielectric polarisation; high-speed optical techniques; light sources; optical harmonic generation; optical pumping; optical waveguides; potassium compounds; titanium compounds; KTiOPO4; SHG; blue light; second-harmonic generation; short-period periodically-poled KTP crystals; short-period periodically-poled KTiOPO4; subpicosecond laser pulses; ultrafast blue light generation; ultrafast pump beam; Crystalline materials; Crystals; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Laser mode locking; Optical pulse generation; Power lasers; Pump lasers; Space vector pulse width modulation; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Nonlinear Optics '98: Materials, Fundamentals and Applications Topical Meeting
Conference_Location :
Kauai, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4950-4
DOI :
10.1109/NLO.1998.710350
