Compact, actively Q-switched optical parametric oscillator

被引：16

作者：

Conroy, RS ^{[1
]}

Rae, CF

Dunn, MH

Sinclair, BD

Ley, JM

机构：

[1] Univ St Andrews, Sch Phys & Astron, JF Allen Phys Res Labs, St Andrews KY16 9SS, Fife, Scotland

[2] Leysop Ltd, Basildon SS13 1LN, Essex, England

来源：

OPTICS LETTERS | 1999年 / 24卷 / 22期

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D O I：

10.1364/OL.24.001614

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

An ultracompact, actively Q-switched optical parametric oscillator (OPO) has been realized that is only 30 mm in length, based on a semimonolithic microchip laser, a quadrupole deflector, and a monolithic periodically poled lithium niobate crystal. The OPO threshold was 550 mW when Nd:YAG was used as thr:gain material and 590 mW for Nd:YVO4, giving signal pulses of as much as 8.7 mu J in energy with Nd:YAG at 1 kHz and 5.9-mu J pulses with Nd:YVO4 at 5 kHz, for 1.2- and 2-W laser diode pumping, respectively. The output was single frequency and could be tuned over the range 1540-3440 nm. (C) 1999 Optical Society of America.

引用

页码：1614 / 1616

页数：3

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