Understanding fifth-harmonic generation in CLBO
Abstract
Here, we report on results of fifth harmonic generation in Cesium Lithium Borate (CLBO) using a three-crystal cascaded frequency conversion scheme designed to study the energy balance of the final sum frequency generation stage. The experimental setup independently combines the first and fourth harmonic of a Nd:Glass laser in a 5mm thick CLBO crystal. Energy balance between the incoming and output energy is close to unity when the CLBO is out of phase matching and approximately 80% when the crystal is in phase matching. A detailed analysis of the residual fundamental and fourth harmonic energy indicates 5th harmonic light is being generated but only 26% is unaccounted for. We attribute the missing light to linear transmission loss in the CLBO oven. The ratio of the output to input energy is unity when the missing 5th harmonic is incorporated into the calculations. Two-dimensional plane wave mixing simulations show agreement with the results at lower intensities.
- Authors:
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- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY (United States). Lab. for Laser Energetics
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1488777
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-744411
Journal ID: ISSN 0277-786X; 899348
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 10516; Journal Issue: none; Conference: SPIE LASE, 2018, San Francisco, CA (United States); Journal ID: ISSN 0277-786X
- Publisher:
- SPIE
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 42 ENGINEERING; Deep-UV generation; Ultraviolet Lasers; Nonlinear Optics; Nonlinear Crystals; Two Photon Absorption
Citation Formats
Patankar, Siddharth, Yang, Steven T., Ross, Steven J., Moody, John D., Swadling, George F., Bayramian, Andy, Barker, David, Datte, Philip S., Bromage, Jake, Begishev, Ildar A., Norton, Mary, Carr, Christopher W., and Mennerat, Gabriel. Understanding fifth-harmonic generation in CLBO. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1117/12.2288496.
Patankar, Siddharth, Yang, Steven T., Ross, Steven J., Moody, John D., Swadling, George F., Bayramian, Andy, Barker, David, Datte, Philip S., Bromage, Jake, Begishev, Ildar A., Norton, Mary, Carr, Christopher W., & Mennerat, Gabriel. Understanding fifth-harmonic generation in CLBO. United States. doi:10.1117/12.2288496.
Patankar, Siddharth, Yang, Steven T., Ross, Steven J., Moody, John D., Swadling, George F., Bayramian, Andy, Barker, David, Datte, Philip S., Bromage, Jake, Begishev, Ildar A., Norton, Mary, Carr, Christopher W., and Mennerat, Gabriel. Thu .
"Understanding fifth-harmonic generation in CLBO". United States. doi:10.1117/12.2288496. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1488777.
@article{osti_1488777,
title = {Understanding fifth-harmonic generation in CLBO},
author = {Patankar, Siddharth and Yang, Steven T. and Ross, Steven J. and Moody, John D. and Swadling, George F. and Bayramian, Andy and Barker, David and Datte, Philip S. and Bromage, Jake and Begishev, Ildar A. and Norton, Mary and Carr, Christopher W. and Mennerat, Gabriel},
abstractNote = {Here, we report on results of fifth harmonic generation in Cesium Lithium Borate (CLBO) using a three-crystal cascaded frequency conversion scheme designed to study the energy balance of the final sum frequency generation stage. The experimental setup independently combines the first and fourth harmonic of a Nd:Glass laser in a 5mm thick CLBO crystal. Energy balance between the incoming and output energy is close to unity when the CLBO is out of phase matching and approximately 80% when the crystal is in phase matching. A detailed analysis of the residual fundamental and fourth harmonic energy indicates 5th harmonic light is being generated but only 26% is unaccounted for. We attribute the missing light to linear transmission loss in the CLBO oven. The ratio of the output to input energy is unity when the missing 5th harmonic is incorporated into the calculations. Two-dimensional plane wave mixing simulations show agreement with the results at lower intensities.},
doi = {10.1117/12.2288496},
journal = {Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering},
number = none,
volume = 10516,
place = {United States},
year = {2018},
month = {2}
}
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