Title :
High-power, high-repetition-rate fourth and fifth harmonic generation of a cw mode locked Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser
Author :
Kohler, B. ; Andres, T. ; Nebel, A. ; Wallenstein, R.
Author_Institution :
Fachbereich Phys., Kaiserslautern Univ., Germany
Abstract :
Summary form only given. High-power all-solid-state UV lasers are highly regarded for a variety of industrial, medical and scientific applications. One approach for the realization of an all-solid-state UV source is frequency conversion of a diode-pumped solid-state laser in nonlinear crystals. In the last few years CsLiB/sub 6/O/sub 10/ (CLBO) has been proved to be a suitable crystal for high power UV generation. In this paper we report on the generation of ultrashort picosecond UV pulses with high average powers and a high repetition rate of 82 MHz.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; laser mode locking; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; optical pumping; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; CsLiB/sub 6/O/sub 10/; YVO/sub 4/:Nd; all-solid-state UV source; cw mode locked Nd:YVO/sub 4/ laser; diode-pumped solid-state laser; fifth harmonic generation; fourth harmonic generation; frequency conversion; high average powers; high power UV generation; high repetition rate; high-power all-solid-state UV lasers; high-repetition-rate; nonlinear crystals; ultrashort picosecond UV pulses; Biomedical optical imaging; Frequency conversion; Laser mode locking; Laser tuning; Nonlinear optics; Optical harmonic generation; Optimized production technology; Power generation; Pulse generation; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2000. (CLEO 2000). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-634-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2000.906832
