Recent development of high-power visible laser sources employing solid-state slab lasers and nonlinear harmonic conversion techniques
Abstract
Developments of high power solid state slab laser technology in both Yd:YAG and Nd:glass are reported. High power nonlinear frequency conversion, employing second harmonic generation in various nonlinear crystals is discussed. Nonlinear phase matching properties critical to efficient frequency conversion in LiIO3, LiNbO3, CDA, KDP, and recently developed KTP (KTiOPO4) are presented. Efficient frequency conversion in the average power range exceeding 10 W imposes severe constraints in both fundamental beam properties and the nonlinear processes in various media.
- Publication:
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In AGARD Spec. Topics in Opt. Propagation 8 p (SEE N81-33982 24-74
- Pub Date:
- July 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981stop.agarR....L
- Keywords:
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- Harmonic Functions;
- Laser Outputs;
- Light (Visible Radiation);
- Nonlinearity;
- Solid State Lasers;
- Beams (Radiation);
- Coherent Radiation;
- Light Sources;
- Optics