Generation of vacuum-ultraviolet light by an optically contacted, prism-coupled KBe2BO3F2 crystal.
We have demonstrated the second harmonic of a frequency-tripled Nd:YVO4 laser with 2.5-mW quasi-cw output by using an optically contacted, prism-coupled KBe2BO3F2 crystal. We also achieved the second harmonic with a frequency-doubled single-mode Ti:sapphire laser at 172.5 nm and sum-frequency mixing with a dual-wavelength Ti:sapphire laser at 163.3 nm. These wavelengths are to our knowledge the shortest obtained by use of nonlinear crystals for second-harmonic generation and sum-frequency mixing, respectively.
Togashi
Tadashi
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Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo, 5-1-5 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa-shi, Chiba 277-8581, Japan. tadashit@spring8.or.jp
Kanai
Teruto
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Sekikawa
Taro
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Watanabe
Shuntaro
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Chen
Chuangtian
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Zhang
Chengqian
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Xu
Zuyan
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Wang
Jiyang
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