Third harmonic frequency generation by Type-I critically phase-matched LiB<sub>3</sub>O<sub>5</sub> crystal by means of optically active quartz crystal

doi:10.1364/OE.21.003715

Third harmonic frequency generation by Type-I critically phase-matched LiB₃O₅ crystal by means of optically active quartz crystal

Valentin P. Gapontsev, Valentin A. Tyrtyshnyy, Oleg I. Vershinin, Boris L. Davydov, and Dmitri A. Oulianov »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 21, Issue 3, pp. 3715-3720 (2013)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.21.003715

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We present a method of third harmonic generation at 355 nm by frequency mixing of fundamental and second harmonic radiation of an ytterbium nanosecond pulsed all-fiber laser in a type-I phase-matched LiB₃O₅ (LBO) crystal where originally orthogonal polarization planes of the fundamental and second harmonic beams are aligned by an optically active quartz crystal. 8 W of ultraviolet light at 355 nm were achieved with 40% conversion efficiency from 1064 nm radiation. The conversion efficiency obtained in a type-I phase-matched LBO THG crystal was 1.6 times higher than the one achieved in a type-II LBO crystal at similar experimental conditions. In comparison to half-wave plates traditionally used for polarization alignment the optically active quartz crystal has much lower temperature dependence and requires simpler optical alignment.

OCIS Codes
(140.3610) Lasers and laser optics : Lasers, ultraviolet
(190.2620) Nonlinear optics : Harmonic generation and mixing
(060.3510) Fiber optics and optical communications : Lasers, fiber

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Nonlinear Optics

History
Original Manuscript: December 11, 2012
Revised Manuscript: January 22, 2013
Manuscript Accepted: January 22, 2013
Published: February 6, 2013

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Valentin P. Gapontsev, Valentin A. Tyrtyshnyy, Oleg I. Vershinin, Boris L. Davydov, and Dmitri A. Oulianov, "Third harmonic frequency generation by Type-I critically phase-matched LiB₃O₅ crystal by means of optically active quartz crystal," Opt. Express 21, 3715-3720 (2013)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-21-3-3715

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Appl. Phys. B

A. Borsutzky, R. Briinger, Ch. Huang, and R. Wallenstein, “Harmonic and sum-frequency generation of pulsed laser radiation in BBO, LBO, and KD*P,” Appl. Phys. B52, 55–62 (1991). [CrossRef]

Laser Phys.

K. V. Diesperov, V. G. Dmitriev, and A. A. Kazakov, “Specific features of second-harmonic generation in biaxial nonlinear-optical crystals,” Laser Phys.6, 1040–1049 (1996).

Opt. Commun.

D. A. V. Kliner, F. Di Teodoro, J. P. Koplow, S. W. Moore, and A. V. Smith, “Eﬃcient second, third, fourth, and fifth harmonic generation of a Yb-doped fiber amplifier,” Opt. Commun.210(3-6), 393–398 (2002). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

C. Jung, W. Shin, B.-A. Yu, Y. L. Lee, and Y.-C. Noh, “Enhanced 355-nm generation using a simple method to compensate for walk-off loss,” Opt. Express20(2), 941–948 (2012). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Proc. SPIE

A. Starodoumov and N. Hodgson, “Harmonic generation with fiber MOPAs and solid state lasers–technical challenges, state-of-the-art comparison and future developments,” Proc. SPIE7912, 79120H–1, 79120H-14 (2011). [CrossRef]

Quantum Electron.

V. A. Bagan, B. L. Davydov, and I. E. Samartsev, “Characteristics of Cornu depolarisers made from quartz and paratellurite optically active crystals,” Quantum Electron.39(1), 73–78 (2009). [CrossRef]

Other

D. Laurence, Barron, Molecular light scattering and optical activity, 2nd ed. (Cambridge University Press, 2009).
V. G. Dmitriev, G. G. Gurzadyan, and D. N. Nikogosyan, Handbook of Nonlinear Optical Crystals (Springer-Verlag, 1997).

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