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High-efficiency blue-light generation by frequency doubling of picosecond pulses in a thick KNbO3 crystal

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We report an experimental demonstration of highly efficient single-pass second-harmonic generation from 859 nm to 429.5 nm with picosecond pulses in a thick KNbO3 crystal. Both the conversion-efficiency and quantum-noise properties of the generated blue pulses are measured at various pump intensities under a strong focusing condition. We find that the variation of the conversion efficiency of the picosecond second-harmonic generation is an oscillatory function of the input pump intensity (with a maximum efficiency of 56.5%) and is sensitive to the position of the input beam focus in the crystal. The quantum noise on the blue beam can be reduced below the shot-noise limit by 20% at low input power.

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