Ion Coulomb crystals form when trapped ions are cooled below a certain critical temperature. In radiofrequency (RF) traps, such crystals are usually stationary (i.e. non-rotating) with shapes similar to those of cold, homogeneously charged liquids when the number of ions is sufficient for three-dimensional structures to appear. 'Dynamically stable' structures can, however, also be created either by directly applying a torque to an initially stationary crystal or by choosing trap parameters just within the stability region where stationary crystals will melt due to parametric resonances between the RF trap field and ion plasma modes.
We report external cavity second-harmonic generation of light at 544 and 272 nm based on an ytterbium-doped distributed-feedback fiber laser. The nonlinear crystal used to generate light at 544 nm is LiNbO3, and the maximum output of the cavity is 845 mW, corresponding to a conversion efficiency of 55%. In a second frequency-doubling step, using a beta-BaBa2O4 crystal, we generate up to 115 mW of light at 272 nm with a conversion efficiency of 14%.
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