Second Harmonic Generation of Picosecond Pulses at 530 nm in Bulk PPLN at Variable Repetition Rates

S. Riecke1, K. Lauritsen1, R. Erdmann1, M. Uebernickel2, K. Paschke2, G. Erbert2

1 PicoQuant GmbH, Rudower Chaussee 29, 12489 Berlin, Germany
2 Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik, Gustav-Kirchhoff-Straße 4, 12489 Berlin, Germany

Published in:
Conf. on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO/QELS), San Jose, CA, May 16-21, paper CWE7 (2010).
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Abstract:
Green picosecond pulses with peak powers of more than 4W are generated by second harmonic generation in bulk PPLN. These power levels exceed all previous electrically triggerable green picosecond sources by an order of magnitude.

OCIS Codes:
(140.7300) Visible Lasers, (140.3538) Pulses

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