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The phase-matched direct tripling of picosecond light pulses of a mode-locked Nd: glass laser in a new cyanine dye PMC is studied. The solvents trifluoroethanol (TFE) and hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP) are applied. The S 0–S 1 absorption peak of the dye is around λ=480 nm and the absorption cross section at the third-harmonic wavelength of λ3=351.3 nm is only σ3≈1×10−19 cm2. Phase-matching occurred at concentrations of CPM=0.0874 mol/dm3 in HFIP and 0.1088 mol/dm3 in TFE. A third-harmonic energy conversion efficiency of ηE≈0.01 was achieved at a pump-laser peak intensity of I 0L≈2.5×1011 W/cm2 in a 5 mm long sample of PMC in TFE. The conversion efficiency is limited by destruction of phase-matching due to the intensity-dependent nonlinear refractive index of the dye solutions.
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Schwan, C., Penzkofer, A., Marx, N.J. et al. Phase-matched third-harmonic generation of Nd: Glass-laser picosecond pulses in a new cyanine-dye solution. Appl. Phys. B 57, 203–211 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00334536
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