Abstract
We introduced a theoretical model to preserve the quality and the efficiency of a picosecond second-harmonic generation (SHG) in a 30-mm-long LBO crystal which is surrounded by a thermal oven. It is proposed to arrange a temperature gradient throughout the crystal length for mitigating the undesirable consequences of dispersion and group velocity mismatch. To optimize the pulse shape, a distance parameter is introduced and in addition, the SHG efficiency and pulsewidth are included in a merit function. By setting the temperature gradient as the variable the merit function is optimized. The results show that for temperature gradient of 60 °C, an SHG pulse with mostly Gaussian shape with 80.7% efficiency and with 4.47 ps pulsewidth is attainable. Furthermore, the effect of the chirping on the SHG pulse is investigated. Final results have turned the proposed model into an excellent candidate for obtaining an efficient SHG conversion with an appreciable pulse quality.
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