We describe a reliable, high-power, and narrow-linewidth laser source at 399 nm, which is useful for cooling and trapping of ytterbium atoms. A continuous-wave titanium-sapphire laser at 798 nm is frequency doubled using a lithium triborate crystal in an enhancement cavity. Up to 1.0 W of light at 399 nm has been obtained from 1.3 W of infrared light, with an efficiency of 80%.

Efficient frequency doubling at 399  nm / Pizzocaro, Marco; Calonico, Davide; Pablo Cancio, Pastor; Jacopo, Catani; Giovanni A., Costanzo; Levi, Filippo; Lorini, Luca. - In: APPLIED OPTICS. - ISSN 2155-3165. - 53:16(2014), pp. 3388-3392. [10.1364/AO.53.003388]

Efficient frequency doubling at 399  nm

PIZZOCARO, MARCO;CALONICO, DAVIDE;LEVI, FILIPPO;LORINI, LUCA
2014

Abstract

We describe a reliable, high-power, and narrow-linewidth laser source at 399 nm, which is useful for cooling and trapping of ytterbium atoms. A continuous-wave titanium-sapphire laser at 798 nm is frequency doubled using a lithium triborate crystal in an enhancement cavity. Up to 1.0 W of light at 399 nm has been obtained from 1.3 W of infrared light, with an efficiency of 80%.
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