Diode-pumped sub-ns ultraviolet laser system operating at 1 MHz

Author

Forget, Sébastien ; Balembois, François ; Druon, Frédéric ; Lucas-Leclin, Gaélle ; Georges, Patrick

Author_Institution

Lab. Charles Fabry de I´´lnst. d´´Optique, Univ. Paris-Sud, Orsay, France

fYear

2003

fDate

22-27 June 2003

Firstpage

21

Abstract

In this paper we present an original solution based on bulk elements to demonstrate a compact UV source operating at 1 MHz with sub-nanosecond pulses: we first demonstrate a compact frequency tripled passively Q-switched amplified microchip Nd:YVO₄ laser providing 355 nm radiation, and we also present a PPLN-based optical parametric generator to reach broad tunability in the red, and route to 23 nm tunability in the ultraviolet around 330 nm.

Keywords

Q-switching; high-speed optical techniques; laser tuning; lithium compounds; microchip lasers; neodymium; optical harmonic generation; optical materials; optical parametric amplifiers; yttrium compounds; 1 MHz; 355 nm; LiNbO₃; PPLN-based optical parametric generator; YVO₄:Nd; broad laser tunability; diode-pumped sub-ns ultraviolet laser system; frequency tripled laser; passively Q-switched amplified microchip Nd:YVO₄ laser; Diodes; Doped fiber amplifiers; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Microchip lasers; Optical amplifiers; Optical harmonic generation; Power amplifiers; Pulse amplifiers; Pump lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2003. CLEO/Europe. 2003 Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7734-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2003.1312083

Filename

1312083