Published December 2000 | Version v1
Journal article

Superior properties of cesium triborate CsB3O5 for 194 nm light generation with Nd:Y3Al5O12 laser

  • 1. Gotenba Lab., Research and Development Center, USHIO Inc., Gotenba, Shizuoka (Japan)
  • 2. Advanced Photon Research Center, Kansai Lab., Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst., Kizu, Kyoto (Japan)
  • 3. Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Univ., Suita (Japan)

Description

We compared the 194 nm output energy of a type-I phase-matched CsB3O5 (CBO) with that of a type-II phase-matched CsLiB6O10 (CLBO) crystal. Using CBO crystal, we generated deep ultraviolet light at 194 nm by sum-frequency conversion of 2 μm band light and 213 nm light at a conversion efficiency of 2.2%. We found that the conversion efficiency obtained using CBO was 2.7 times higher than that obtained using CLBO at a maximum input of fundamental light. We concluded that CBO is a superior nonlinear optical crystal for generating 194 nm light with Nd:Y3A15O12 lasers because of its larger spectral and angular acceptance. (author)

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Journal Title
Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. Part 2, Letters
Journal Volume
39
Journal Issue
12A
Journal Page Range
p. L1224-L1226
ISSN
0021-4922

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Notes
13 refs., 3 figs., 1 tab.