Continuous-wave quasi-phase-matched generation of 60 mW at 465 nm by single-pass frequency doubling of a laser diode in backswitch-poled lithium niobate

Authors
Batchko, RG Fejer, MM Byer, RL Woll, D Wallenstein, R Shur, VY Erman, L
Citation
Rg. Batchko et al., Continuous-wave quasi-phase-matched generation of 60 mW at 465 nm by single-pass frequency doubling of a laser diode in backswitch-poled lithium niobate, OPTICS LETT, 24(18), 1999, pp. 1293-1295
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
24
Issue
18
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1293 - 1295
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(19990915)24:18<1293:CQGO6M>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
We report continuous-wave single-pass second-harmonic generation (SHG) in 4 -mu m-period 0.5-mm-thick backswitch-poled lithium niobate. Pump sources at 920-930 nm include both Ti:sapphire and diode-oscillator-amplifier lasers. SHG of a Ti:sapphire laser at 6.1%/W efficiency, producing 61 mW of power at 460 nm, is demonstrated in 50-mm-long periodically poled lithium niobate samples with a nonlinear coefficient d(eff) approximate to 9 pm/V, and 60 mW at 465 nm and 2.8%/W efficiency is obtained by SHG of a laser-diode sour ce. (C) 1999 Optical Society of America. OCIS codes: 190.4360, 160.4330, 16 0.3730, 190.2620, 140.2020.