Single-mode near- and mid-infrared periodically poled lithium niobate optical parametric oscillator

被引：20

作者：

Schlup, P

Baxter, GW

McKinnie, IT

机构：

[1] Univ Otago, Dept Phys, Dunedin, New Zealand

[2] Coherent Technol, Boulder, CO 80306 USA

来源：

OPTICS COMMUNICATIONS | 2000年 / 176卷 / 1-3期

关键词：

optical parametric oscillators; single-mode lasers;

D O I：

10.1016/S0030-4018(00)00515-0

中图分类号：

O43 [光学];

学科分类号：

070207 ; 0803 ;

摘要：

We report a nanosecond Nd:YAG-pumped optical parametric oscillator (OPO) based on periodically poled lithium niobate whose optical bandwidth has been narrowed to < 250 MHz by the use of a grazing incidence diffraction grating. The single-mode OPO output could be tuned over 1.48-1.80 mu m (signal) and 2.61-3.82 mu m (idler), with a threshold pump energy of 1.1 mJ and slope efficiencies of up to 36% (signal) and 10% (idler). The OPO emitted a stable output beam with a smooth spatial profile and an value of 1.3. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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页码：267 / 271

页数：5

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