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28 March 2024 High-power, narrow linewidth solid-state deep ultraviolet laser generation at 193 nm by frequency mixing in LBO crystals
Zhitao Zhang, Hanghang Yu, Sheng Chen, Zheng Li, Xiaobo Heng, Hongwen Xuan
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Abstract

A 60-mW solid-state deep ultraviolet (DUV) laser at 193 nm with narrow linewidth is obtained with two stages of sum frequency generation in LBO crystals. The pump lasers, at 258 and 1553 nm, are derived from a homemade Yb-hybrid laser employing fourth-harmonic generation and Er-doped fiber laser, respectively. The Yb-hybrid laser, finally, is power scaling by a 2 mm×2 mm×30 mm Yb:YAG bulk crystal. Accompanied by the generated 220-mW DUV laser at 221 nm, the 193-nm laser delivers an average power of 60 mW with a pulse duration of 4.6 ns, a repetition rate of 6 kHz, and a linewidth of 640 MHz. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest power of 193- and 221-nm laser generated by an LBO crystal ever reported as well as the narrowest linewidth of 193-nm laser by it. Remarkably, the conversion efficiency reaches 27% for 221 to 193 nm and 3% for 258 to 193 nm, which are the highest efficiency values reported to date. We demonstrate the huge potential of LBO crystals for producing hundreds of milliwatt or even watt level 193-nm laser, which also paves a brand-new way to generate other DUV laser wavelengths.

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Zhitao Zhang, Hanghang Yu, Sheng Chen, Zheng Li, Xiaobo Heng, and Hongwen Xuan "High-power, narrow linewidth solid-state deep ultraviolet laser generation at 193 nm by frequency mixing in LBO crystals," Advanced Photonics Nexus 3(2), 026012 (28 March 2024). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.APN.3.2.026012
Received: 29 December 2023; Accepted: 6 March 2024; Published: 28 March 2024
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KEYWORDS
Crystals

Deep ultraviolet

Pulsed laser operation

Sum frequency generation

Fiber lasers

Solid state lasers

High power lasers

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