12.95 mW sixth harmonic generation with KBe2BO3F2 crystal

• DOI: 10.1007/s00340-007-2922-1
• Publication Date: 2008-02-20T13:48:23Z
• Authors: G. Wang; X. Wang; Y. Zhou; Y. Chen; C. Li; Y. Zhu; Z. Xu; C. Chen
• Keywords: 0103 physical sciences; 01 natural sciences

We obtained the second harmonic of a frequency-tripled Nd:YVO4 laser at wavelength of 177.3 nm with 12.95 mW output by using an optically contacted KBe2BO3F2-CaF2 prism-coupled device with a 2.1 mm thick KBe2BO3F2 crystal, which is to our knowledge the best result at this wavelength.