Tunable blue light source by intracavity frequency doubling of a Cr-doped LiSAF laser

François Balembois (1) , Patrick Georges (1) , François Salin (1) , Gérard Roger (1) , Alain Brun (1)

1 Laboratoire Charles Fabry de l'Institut d'Optique / Elsa

A Cr3+:LiSrAIF6 laser in Q-switched operation at 10 kHz was intracavity frequency doubled by using a LiIOl crystal. The 230 ns tunable blue pulses were obtained in the 395-435 nm range with up to 7 mW average power at 407 nm

Domains: Physics [physics]; Physics [physics]; Optics [physics.optics]

François Balembois, Patrick Georges, François Salin, Gérard Roger, Alain Brun. Tunable blue light source by intracavity frequency doubling of a Cr-doped LiSAF laser. Applied Physics Letters, 1992, 61 (20), pp.2381-. ⟨10.1063/1.108196⟩. ⟨hal-00691279⟩