Generation of UV radiation in a lithium tetraborate crystal by walk-off compensated Type I sum-frequency mixing

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2002-08-29
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Bhar, G. C.
Kumbhakar, P.
Chaudhary, A. K.
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Ultraviolet radiation is generated in two lithium tetraborate (Li2B4O7 or LB4) crystals by Type I walk-off compensated sum-frequency mixing (SFM) of the commonly available Nd:YAG laser radiation and radiation from a dye laser pumped by the second harmonic of the same YAG laser. In the walk-off compensated configuration, an enhancement in the conversion efficiency by a factor of 3.8 relative to the single pass generation is realised.
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Lithium tetraborate, Radiation walk-off, Type I sum-frequency mixing, UV lasing
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Quantum Electronics. v.32(4)