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Optics Express

  • Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
  • Vol. 16, Iss. 7 — Mar. 31, 2008
  • pp: 4866–4871

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External-cavity frequency doubling of a 5-W 756-nm injection-locked Ti:sapphire laser

Yong-Ho Cha, Kwang-Hoon Ko, Gwon Lim, Jae-Min Han, Hyun-Min Park, Taek-Soo Kim, and Do-Young Jeong  »View Author Affiliations


Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 7, pp. 4866-4871 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.004866


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Abstract

We have developed a 5-W 756-nm injection-locked Ti:sapphire laser and frequency-doubled it in an external enhancement cavity for the generation of watt-level 378-nm single-frequency radiation, which is essential for isotope-selective optical pumping of thallium atoms. With a lithium triborate (LBO) crystal in the enhancement cavity, 1.1 W at 378 nm was coupled out from the cavity. Such results are to our knowledge the highest powers of continuous-wave single-frequency radiation generated from a Ti:sapphire laser and its frequency doubling.

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OCIS Codes
(140.3520) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, injection-locked
(140.3590) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, titanium
(190.2620) Nonlinear optics : Harmonic generation and mixing

ToC Category:
Lasers and Laser Optics

History
Original Manuscript: January 15, 2008
Revised Manuscript: February 26, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: March 21, 2008
Published: March 26, 2008

Citation
Yong-Ho Cha, Kwang-Hoon Ko, Gwon Lim, Jae-Min Han, Hyun-Min Park, Taek-Soo Kim, and Do-Young Jeong, "External-cavity frequency doubling of a 5-W 756-nm injection-locked Ti:sapphire laser," Opt. Express 16, 4866-4871 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-7-4866


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