We report the continuous wave (CW) second harmonic generation (SHG) with a periodically poled KTiOPO4 (PPKTP) pumped by a diode laser at 852.356 nm, which is exactly resonant on the cesium D2 transition. An output power of 54.4 mW of blue light at 426 nm was obtained at the pump power of 136.4 mW. The conversion efficiency is about 40%. The best matching temperature is 318.3 K. This CW blue light can be used for atomic physics, especially for the generation of nonclassical light at the transition of cesium atom through optical parametric oscillator (OPO).

KTP晶体与其他非线性晶体相比具有明显的优势,但同时它具有相当高的电导率,因此极化过程中一直存在传导电流,使其不能利用传统的方法有效控制极化反转过程。为了解决这种困难,需要对KTP晶体的极化反转过程进行实时监控。采用了利用电光效应的实时监控方案,并且进行了理论分析,用实验验证了实时监控方案的可行性。与采用该方法前相比,KTiOPO4(简称PPKTP)器件的倍频转换效率提高了数倍。实验表明利用实时监控可以提高周期极化KTP晶体的制备质量和重复性,也可以作为周期极化KTP晶体质量的检验手段。