Efficient frequency doubling of a femtosecond Yb:KGW laser in a BiB3O6 crystal

Arkady Major; Daaf Sandkuijl; Virginijus Barzda

doi:10.1364/oe.17.012039

Efficient frequency doubling of a femtosecond Yb:KGW laser in a BiB3O6 crystal

Opt Express. 2009 Jul 6;17(14):12039-42. doi: 10.1364/oe.17.012039.

Authors

Arkady Major¹, Daaf Sandkuijl, Virginijus Barzda

Affiliation

¹ Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6, Canada. major@cc.umanitoba.ca

PMID: 19582119
DOI: 10.1364/oe.17.012039

Abstract

Efficient frequency doubling of a high-power femtosecond Yb:KGW laser in a nonlinear BiBO crystal is demonstrated. Green second harmonic generation with more than 1.1 W of average power and 41% conversion efficiency was achieved using a single-pass configuration.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Crystallization
Equipment Design
Lasers*
Light
Optics and Photonics*
Ytterbium / chemistry*

Substances

Ytterbium