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http://dx.doi.org/10.3807/HKH.2008.19.3.229

Double-pass Second Harmonics Generation of Tunable CW Infrared Laser Beam of DOFA System in Periodically Poled LiNbO3  

Yoo, Kil-Sang (Dept. of Applied Optics and Electromagnetics, Hannam University)
Jo, Jae-Heung (Dept. of Applied Optics and Electromagnetics, Hannam University)
Ko, Kwang-Hoon (Quantum Optics Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Lim, Gwon (Quantum Optics Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Jeong, Do-Young (Quantum Optics Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
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Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics / v.19, no.3, 2008 , pp. 229-236 More about this Journal
Abstract
The optimum conditions of second harmonic generation (SHG) can be successfully achieved experimentally using single pass and double pass methods of a pumping beam. The beam has a power of several Watts radiated by a DOFA (Diode Laser Oscillator & Fiber Amplifier) system, which is a high power CW wavelength tunable infrared laser system, in a PPLN (Periodically Poled MgO doped Lithium Niobate) nonlinear crystal. In the case of a single pass method, the parameters are the wavelength of 535 nm for SHG and the output power of 245 mW generated from the pumping input beam with wavelength of 1070 nm and the power of 2.45 W at phase matching temperature of $108.9^{\circ}C$. The conversion efficiency of SHG was 10%. In order to enhance the output of SHG, the double pass method of the SHG system of a PPLN using a concave mirror for the retroreflection and a pair of wedged flat windows for phase compensation was also presented. In this double pass system, we obtained the SHG output beam with the wavelength of 535 nm and the maximum power of 383 mW at optimum phase matching temperature of $108.5^{\circ}C$ by using an incident pumping beam with wavelength of 1070 nm and the power of 2.45 W. The maximum conversion efficiency is 15.6%, which is more than that of the single pass method.
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PPLN;
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