WAVELENGTH CONVERSION LASER DEVICE AND NONLINEAR OPTICAL CRYSTAL USED IN THE SAME

摘要

A wavelength conversion laser device and a nonlinear optical crystal used in the same. The wavelength conversion laser device includes a laser light source for emitting a predetermined wavelength beam, and a laser medium for exciting the predetermined wavelength beam from the laser light source into a fundamental beam. The wavelength conversion laser device further includes a nonlinear optical crystal composed of a KTiOPO4 (KTP) crystal having b-c crystal plane as an incident surface of the fundamental beam to provide type II phase matching conditions. The KTP crystal converts the fundamental wavelength beam into a second harmonic generation beam.