100 mW of blue light at 405 nm from intracavity doubling of CW Ti:sapphire laser utilising BiBO-crystal

Morten Thorhauge; Jesper L. Mortensen; Peter Tidemand-Lichtenberg; Preben Buchhave; Jesper R. Rasmussen

doi:10.1117/12.661956

17 April 2006 100 mW of blue light at 405 nm from intracavity doubling of CW Ti:sapphire laser utilising BiBO-crystal

Morten Thorhauge, Jesper L. Mortensen, Peter Tidemand-Lichtenberg, Preben Buchhave, Jesper R. Rasmussen

Proceedings Volume 6190, Solid State Lasers and Amplifiers II; 61900F (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.661956
Event: SPIE Photonics Europe, 2006, Strasbourg, France

Abstract

100 mW of coherent blue light with a wavelength of 405 nm was generated utilising a BiB₃O₆ (BiBO) nonlinear crystal to frequency double a Ti:Sapphire laser. Phase match curves as well as sensitivity to angular misalignment was calculated. The BiBO crystal was found to be excellent for this application. Temperature dependance was uncritical for this crystal, while power stability was good. The pump-to-blue optical conversion efficiency was approximately 2%. Unfortunately catastrophic coating damage was observed.

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Morten Thorhauge, Jesper L. Mortensen, Peter Tidemand-Lichtenberg, Preben Buchhave, and Jesper R. Rasmussen "100 mW of blue light at 405 nm from intracavity doubling of CW Ti:sapphire laser utilising BiBO-crystal", Proc. SPIE 6190, Solid State Lasers and Amplifiers II, 61900F (17 April 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.661956

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