U. Chatterjee, A. M. Rudra, G. C. Bhar, T. Sasaki, “Tunable near-infrared generation by difference frequency mixing with high conversion in KTP”, Kvantovaya Elektronika, 1995, Volume 22, Number 3,Pages <nobr>271

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Nonlinear optical phenomena

Tunable near-infrared generation by difference frequency mixing with high conversion in KTP

U. Chatterjee^a, A. M. Rudra^a, G. C. Bhar^a, T. Sasaki^b

^a Department of Physics, Burdwan University, India
^b Osaka University, Japan

Abstract: A laboratory-grown KTP crystal was used to generate near-infrared radiation, with a stable output energy of 1 mJ, by difference frequency mixing of nanosecond Nd : YAG and its second-harmonic-pumped dye laser radiations. A quantum conversion efficiency as high as 36% was achieved.

PACS: 42.65.Hw, 42.65.Ky