Solid-state laser source of tunable narrow-bandwidth ultraviolet radiation

A solid-state tunable ultraviolet laser system, comprising:

• a tunable diode laser which generates laser light;
• a pulsed optical amplifier which pulse amplifies the laser light;
• a frequency conversion stage which converts the pulsed laser light into ultraviolet light;
• and
• a power optical amplifier which amplifies the pulsed laser light from the pulsed optical amplifier prior to reception by the frequency conversion stage.

A solid-state tunable ultraviolet laser system, comprising:

• a tunable diode laser which generates laser light;
• a pulsed optical amplifier which pulse amplifies the laser light;
• a frequency conversion stage which converts the pulsed laser light into ultraviolet light;
• a detector which senses the ultraviolet light;
• and
• a controller which tunes the diode laser on and off an absorption band of a species of interest and determines a presence of the species in response to light detected by the detector.

A method for generating ultraviolet light, comprising:

• generating laser light with a tunable diode laser;
• pulse amplifying the laser light;
• isolating the laser light generation from the pulse amplification;
• and
• frequency converting the pulsed laser light into ultraviolet light.

A method for generating ultraviolet light, comprising:

• generating laser light with a tunable diode laser:
• pulse amplifying the laser light;
• frequency converting the pulsed laser light into ultraviolet light;
• and
• tuning a frequency of the laser light on an off of an absorption feature of a chemical species.

A method for generating ultraviolet light, comprising:

• generating laser light with a tunable diode laser;
• pulse amplifying the laser light;
• frequency converting the pulsed laser light into ultraviolet light;
• and
• power amplifying the pulsed laser light prior to the frequency conversion.

A solid-state tunable ultraviolet laser system, comprising:

• a tunable diode laser which generates laser light;
• a pulsed optical amplifier which pulse amplifies the laser light;
• a frequency conversion stage which converts the pulsed laser light into ultraviolet light;
• a detector which senses the ultra-violet light;
• and
• a controller which tunes the diode laser on and off an absorption band of a species of interest and determines a presence of the species in response to light detected by the detector.

A laser system comprising:

• a pulsed seed laser source, which generates amplitude modulated laser light;
• a fiber amplifier, which power amplifies the amplitude modulated laser light;
• and
• a frequency conversion stage, which converts the amplified laser light into ultraviolet light.

A laser system, comprising:

• a pulsed seed laser source, which generates amplitude modulated laser light;
• a fiber amplifier, which power amplifies the amplitude modulated laser light;
• a frequency conversion stage, which converts the amplified laser light into ultraviolet light;
• and
• an acousto-optic filter, which suppresses amplified spontaneous emission in the fiber amplifier.