Solid-state laser source of tunable narrow-bandwidth ultraviolet

Details Solid-state laser source of tunable narrow-bandwidth ultraviolet Solid-state laser source of tunable narrow-bandwidth ultraviolet

1996-05-01

1998-04-28

Hellner, Mark

Optical: systems and elements

Optical amplifier

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359328, 372 22, H01S 300, H01S 310

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057452849

ABSTRACT:
A solid-state laser source of tunable and narrow-bandwidth UV light is disclosed. The system relies on light from a diode laser that preferably generates light at infrared frequencies. The light from the seed diode laser is pulse amplified in a light amplifier, and converted into the ultraviolet by frequency tripling, quadrupling, or quintupling the infrared light. The narrow bandwidth, or relatively pure light, of the seed laser is preserved, and the pulse amplifier generates high peak light powers to increase the efficiency of the nonlinear crystals in the frequency conversion stage. Higher output powers may be obtained by adding a fiber amplifier to power amplify the pulsed laser light prior to conversion.

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