Low-noise blue light source with large frequency-scanning range from frequency doubling of a diode laser

Authors
Sun, XG Carlsten, JL
Citation
Xg. Sun et Jl. Carlsten, Low-noise blue light source with large frequency-scanning range from frequency doubling of a diode laser, J OPT SOC B, 18(3), 2001, pp. 281-285
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS
ISSN journal
07403224 → ACNP
Volume
18
Issue
3
Year of publication
2001
Pages
281 - 285
Database
ISI
SICI code
0740-3224(200103)18:3<281:LBLSWL>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Low-noise cw 8.7-mW blue light is generated by frequency doubling of the ou tput of a Fabry-Perot diode laser in a KNbO3 crystal inside a bow-tie ring cavity. The blue output has a narrow linewidth and a greater than 10-GHz co ntinuous tuning range, with intensity fluctuations of less than 0.02 dB. Th e blue light has a near-diffraction-limited Gaussian TEM00, mode with M-2 a pproximate to 1. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America.