Efficient all-solid-state tunable source based on a passively Q-switched high-power Nd:YAG laser

被引:15
作者
Agnesi, A
Piccinini, E
Reali, GC
Solcia, C
机构
[1] INFM - Dipartimento di Elettronica, Università di Pavia, 27100 Pavia
来源
APPLIED PHYSICS B-LASERS AND OPTICS | 1997年 / 65卷 / 02期
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10.1007/s003400050276
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A compact and efficient diode-pumped high power passively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser has been used to pump an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) employing periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN). The OPO exhibits a threshold as low as 6.9 mu J, generates 30-ns pulses with energy of 31.7 mu J (pump-to-signal conversion efficiency approximate to 30%, pump depletion approximate to 78%) at a 3.8-kHz repetition rate, and is tunable from 1.46 to 1.56 mu m
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