BROADLY TUNABLE, ALL-SOLID-STATE, VISIBLE AND INFRARED PICOSECOND OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR

被引:14
作者
EBRAHIMZADEH, M
HALL, GJ
FERGUSON, AI
机构
[1] Department of Physics and Applied Physics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
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D O I
10.1364/OL.18.000278
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
An all-solid-state optical parametric oscillator based on temperature-tuned LiB3O5 and synchronously pumped at 523.5 nm by a frequency-doubled, FM mode-locked, Q-switched, diode-laser-pumped Nd:YLF laser is described. The singly resonant oscillator is continuously tunable throughout 0.652-2.65 mum and can provide average output powers of as much as 3 mW in pulses of 12-ps duration, at a Q-switched repetition rate of 500 Hz. Four-color parametric oscillation has been obtained over the ranges of 664-890 nm and 2.47-1.27 mum, and linewidth reduction down to 0.5 nm is demonstrated over a signal wavelength range of 652-987 nm.
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