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A High Power Frequency Doubled Fiber Laser

Thompson, Robert J.·Tu, Meirong·Aveline, Dave·Lundblad, Nathan·Maleki, Lute
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This viewgraph presentation reports on the development of a high power 780 nm laser suitable for space applications of laser cooling. A possible solution is to use frequency doubling of high power 1560 nm telecom lasers. The presentation shows a diagram of the frequency conversion, and a graph of the second harmonic generation in one crystal, and the use of the cascading crystals. Graphs show the second harmonic power as a function of distance between crystals, second harmonic power vs. pump power, tunability of laser systems.

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Thompson, Robert J., Tu, Meirong, Aveline, Dave, Lundblad, Nathan, Maleki, Lute. 2003-05-20. A High Power Frequency Doubled Fiber Laser. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20080009835

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