One Watt Average Power by Second Harmonic and Sum Frequency Generation from a Single Medium Scale Copper Vapor Laser

D. W. Coutts, J. A. Piper

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Abstract

Ultraviolet (UV) powers of over 1 W have been obtained by second harmonic and sum frequency generation from a single medium scale (20 W) copper vapor laser (CVL) using a new focal geometry in which the CVL beam is focused in only one direction to produce a line focus within a BBO crystal. High optical conversion efficiencies, 20 and 30%, are observed for the low divergence (~ 10 times the diffraction limit) and diffraction-limited components of the CVL output, respectively. Wall-plug efficiencies for UV generation are up to 0.04%. Efficient frequency conversion has also been demonstrated for CVL operating conditions unsuited to the generation of diffraction limited output.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1761-1764
Number of pages4
JournalIEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
Volume28
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1992

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