HIGHLY EFFICIENT SINGLE-LONGITUDINAL-MODE BETA-BAB2O4 OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR WITH A NEW CAVITY DESIGN

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作者
BOONENGERING, JM
GLOSTER, LAW
VANDERVEER, WE
MCKINNIE, IT
KING, TA
HOGERVORST, W
机构
[1] VRIJE UNIV AMSTERDAM, CTR LASER, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, 1081 HV AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
[2] UNIV MANCHESTER, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, LASER PHOTON GRP, MANCHESTER M13 9PL, LANCS, ENGLAND
[3] UNIV OTAGO, DEPT PHYS, DUNEDIN, NEW ZEALAND
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10.1364/OL.20.002087
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A new coupled-cavity design for single-longitudinal-mode operation of an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) is presented. The OPO is based on a beta-BaB2O4 crystal and is pumped by the third harmonic of a Nd:YAG laser. With this design, we achieved single-longitudinal-mode operation of the OPO with a decrease in the threshold and an increase in external efficiency compared with those of a conventional grazing-incidence OPO. A mathematical model that describes the mode spacings for this cavity is given. (C) 1995 Optical Society of America
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页码:2087 / 2089
页数:3
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