Intra-cavity second-harmonic and sum-frequency generation in a diode-pumped broadband Yb-doped fibre laser

A. E. El-Taher, Y. H. Tsang, D. J. Binks

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    Abstract

    Intra-cavity nonlinear frequency mixing in a diode-pumped, broadband Yb-doped fibre laser has been investigated. Second-harmonic generation of the fibre output, second-harmonic generation of the residual pump beam and sum frequency mixing between the two was achieved simultaneously, resulting in three colour operation in the blue-green region. Including the nonlinear crystal inside the cavity is also shown to be effective in reducing fluctuations in the output power. © 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)317-322
    Number of pages5
    JournalOptics Communications
    Volume266
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Oct 2006

    Keywords

    • Broadband
    • Fibre laser
    • Intra-cavity
    • Second-harmonic generation
    • Sum-frequency generation
    • Ytterbium

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