Tunable ultraviolet short-pulse generation from a Ce:LiCAF laser amplifier system and its sum-frequency mixing with an Nd:YAG laser

被引:13
作者
Liu, ZL [1 ]
Sarukura, N
Dubinskii, MA
Semashko, VV
Naumov, AK
Korableva, SL
Abdulsabirov, RY
机构
[1] Inst Mol Sci, Okazaki, Aichi 444, Japan
[2] USAF, Wright Lab, Wright Patterson AFB, OH 45433 USA
[3] Kazan State Univ, Kazan 420008, Russia
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS & EXPRESS LETTERS | 1998年 / 37卷 / 1AB期
关键词
all-solid-state; tunable; ultraviolet; short-pulse; amplification; sum-frequency mixing;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.37.L36
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
We developed an all-solid-state tunable short-pulse ultraviolet master oscillator and power amplifier (MOPA) system employing Ce3(+) : LiCaAlF6 (Ce:LiCAF) which can be pumped by the fourth harmonic of a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. The demonstrated tuning range was 281 nm to 314 nm with the maximum output energy of 1 mJ from the oscillator maintaining short pulse characteristics. The maximum amplified pulse energy was 4 mJ after the double-pass amplifier. The tuning from 223 nm to 232 nm was realized by the sum-frequency-mixing of the Ce:LiCAF laser and the Q-sw Nd:YAG laser.
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页码:L36 / L38
页数:3
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