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Intracavity second-harmonic generation of chemical oxygen-iodine laser emission using a LBO crystal

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Intracavity second-harmonic generation of continuous-wave chemical oxygen-iodine laser emission has been studied. A chemical oxygen-iodine laser with a maximum fundamental-wave output power of about 10 W in a concentric cavity was used. Experiments were performed for three types of optical cavities using an 1 cm LBO crystal. Second-harmonic output of 12.4 W, 6.2 W, and 5.2 W, effective extraction efficiencies of 155.0% 65.9%. and 55.3%, and single-pass conversion efficiencies of 0.615%, 0.685%, and 0.655% were obtained for the respective cavities. A comparison of these results of coupling by frequency doubling with the results of fundamental-wave output coupling of this system is also presented.

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  1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Science and Technology, Keio University, 3-14-1 Hiyoshi, Kouhokuku, Yokohama, Japan

    T. Baba, T. Tezuka, D. Ito & T. Uchiyama

  2. Opto-Engineering Laboratory, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., 3-1-1 Higashikawasaki, 650-91, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japan

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Baba, T., Tezuka, T., Ito, D. et al. Intracavity second-harmonic generation of chemical oxygen-iodine laser emission using a LBO crystal. Appl. Phys. B 60, 369–373 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01082273

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