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

Authors
BOONENGERING JM GLOSTER LAW VANDERVEER WE MCKINNIE IT KING TA HOGERVORST W
Citation
Jm. Boonengering et al., HIGHLY EFFICIENT SINGLE-LONGITUDINAL-MODE BETA-BAB2O4 OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATOR WITH A NEW CAVITY DESIGN, Optics letters, 20(20), 1995, pp. 2087-2089
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
20
Issue
20
Year of publication
1995
Pages
2087 - 2089
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1995)20:20<2087:HESBOP>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
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:Y AG laser. With this design, we achieved single-longitudinal-mode opera tion of the OPO with a decrease in the threshold and an increase in ex ternal efficiency compared with those of a conventional grazing-incide nce OPO. A mathematical model that describes the mode spacings for thi s cavity is given. (C) 1995 Optical Society of America