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Opt Lett. 2017 Feb 01;42(3):411-414. doi: 10.1364/OL.42.000411.

Intracavity frequency-doubled degenerate laser.

Optics letters

Seng Fatt Liew, Sebastian Knitter, Sascha Weiler, Jesus Fernando Monjardin-Lopez, Mark Ramme, Brandon Redding, Michael A Choma, Hui Cao

PMID: 28146489 DOI: 10.1364/OL.42.000411

Abstract

We develop a green light source with low spatial coherence via intracavity frequency doubling of a solid-state degenerate laser. The second-harmonic emission supports many more transverse modes than the fundamental emission, and exhibits lower spatial coherence. A strong suppression of speckle formation is demonstrated for both fundamental and second-harmonic beams. Using the green emission for fluorescence excitation, we show the coherent artifacts are removed from the full-field fluorescence images. The high power, low spatial coherence, and good directionality make the green degenerate laser an attractive illumination source for parallel imaging and projection display.

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