UV LIGHT GENERATION BY FREQUENCY CONVERSION OF RADIATION OF A RUBY LASER PUMPED WITH A SECOND HARMONIC OF A SOLID-STATE LASER

摘要

A system and method for generating ultraviolet laser radiation by pumping a ruby based active laser medium in a second complex laser cavity with an output from a first complex laser cavity. The laser system includes a first complex optical cavity a second complex optical cavity, an output from the first complex optical cavity at a second harmonic of the first fundamental frequency pumps a ruby based active medium of the second complex optical cavity. In some embodiments, the ruby based active medium can be Cr:Al₂O₃ type ruby.