External-cavity frequency doubling of a 5-W 756-nm injection-locked Ti:sapphire laser.
We have developed a 5-W 756-nm injection-locked Ti:sapphire laser and frequency-doubled it in an external enhancement cavity for the generation of watt-level 378-nm single-frequency radiation, which is essential for isotope-selective optical pumping of thallium atoms. With a lithium triborate (LBO) crystal in the enhancement cavity, 1.1 W at 378 nm was coupled out from the cavity. Such results are to our knowledge the highest powers of continuous-wave single-frequency radiation generated from a Ti:sapphire laser and its frequency doubling.
Cha
Yong-Ho
YH
Quantum Optics Center, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 1045 Daedeok Street Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon 305-353, Republic of Korea. yhcha@kaeri.re.kr
Ko
Kwang-Hoon
KH
Lim
Gwon
G
Han
Jae-Min
JM
Park
Hyun-Min
HM
Kim
Taek-Soo
TS
Jeong
Do-Young
DY
D000537:Aluminum Oxide; D003198:Computer Simulation; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D007834:Lasers; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D014025:Titanium
D014025:Titanium; D000537:Aluminum Oxide