Cui Y, Withers DE, Rae CF, Norrie CJ, Tang Y, Sinclair BD, Sibbett W, Dunn MH. Widely tunable all-solid-state optical parametric oscillator for the visible and near infrared.
OPTICS LETTERS 1993;
18:122-124. [PMID:
19802058 DOI:
10.1364/ol.18.000122]
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Abstract
An all-solid-state optical parametric oscillator (OPO) has been developed in which the signal and idler waves can be tuned over the ranges 455-665 and 760-1620 nm, respectively, with the potential for covering the entire range 420-2300 nm. The OPO uses a critical type I phase-matching geometry in lithium triborate and is pumped at 355 nm by frequency-tripled radiation from a diode-laser-pumped Nd:YAG laser. Oscillation thresholds (minimum 0.3 mJ), pump depletions (>35%), and linewidths of the OPO are reported.
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