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Tunable yellow–green laser based on second harmonic generation of LiF:F−2 in KTP

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A yellow–green solid-state laser source based on frequency- doubling of a room temperature LiF:F−2 laser in KTP is reported. Second harmonic generation of free-running and prism-tuned pulsed lasers has been characterized. Tunable operation between 555 and 595nm was obtained, with a conversion efficiency of 7.5% for the free-running laser, and up to 4% for the prism-tuned configuration. The angular bandwidth of 60milliradians exceeded the theoretical value by a factor of 3.5. A flattened tuning curve in the visible region was obtained through enhanced conversion efficiency in the wings of the LiF:F−2 laser tuning range.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand

    S. M. Giffin & I. T. McKINNIE

  2. Faculty of Engineering, Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, 603, Japan

    V. V. Ter-Mikirtychev

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Giffin, S.M., McKINNIE, I.T. & Ter-Mikirtychev, V.V. Tunable yellow–green laser based on second harmonic generation of LiF:F−2 in KTP. Optical and Quantum Electronics 31, 35–41 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006922019275

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