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Continuous tuning of double resonance-enhanced second harmonic generation in a dispersive dielectric resonator

  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

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Abstract

We report a method for continuous tuning of ultraviolet (UV) radiation of second harmonic generation in a dispersive beta barium borate (BBO) whispering gallery mode resonator. The doubly resonant enhancement in a high quality factor resonator leads to high conversion efficiency but the resonator dispersion severely limits practical tuning range. By simultaneously varying the temperature of the resonator and the mechanical stress on the disk, we were able to experimentally demonstrate a continuous tuning range of 70 GHz of 317 nm laser light at 0.74%/mW conversion efficiency. The achieved tuning range is at least 35 times wider than that by either mechanical or temperature tuning alone.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)557-562
Number of pages6
JournalOptics Express
Volume22
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 13 Jan 2014
Externally publishedYes

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