High average power third harmonic generation at 355 nm with K3B6O10Br crystal.

We demonstrate a nanosecond 355 nm laser by third harmonic generation of an Nd: YAG laser with a 4 × 4 × 13.3 mm3 type I cut K3B6O10Br crystal for the first time. The maximum average power of 19.3 W is achieved with the corresponding conversion efficiency of 16.3% and the maximum conversion efficiency of 18.3% is recorded when the 355 nm average power is 15.8W. In addition, several nonlinear optical parameters including the angle and temperature bandwidths at third harmonic generation are also investigated.

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