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Nonlinear Optical Crystals Improve Lasers' Flexibility

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Qian. X. Chen, Henry Yu, Sunny Sun and Jiwu Ling of CASIX Inc. of Fuzhou, China and Sheng Wu of Uniwave Technology Inc. in Chatsworth, Calif.

Diode-pumped, solid-state laser sources started replacing gas and ion laser sources for commercial and laboratory applications about 10 years ago, and the trend is accelerating because of progress in two areas. First, more powerful, reliable laser diodes are available at lower cost, making diode-pumping not only attractive but also practical. Second, improvements in manufacturing have improved the quality while reducing the volume pricing for laser crystals such as Nd:YAG and Nd:YVO4 and nonlinear optical crystals such as b-BaB2O4 (BBO), LiB3O5 (LBO), KTiOPO4 (KTP). The nonlinear crystals are...Read full article

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