OPTICAL PARAMETRIC SYSTEM WITH A COMPOUND CAVITY AND A GRAZING-INCIDENCE PRISM

Authors
ZHOU Y XU ZY DENG DQ KONG YF ZHU XA YAN ZH
Citation
Y. Zhou et al., OPTICAL PARAMETRIC SYSTEM WITH A COMPOUND CAVITY AND A GRAZING-INCIDENCE PRISM, Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics, 14(6), 1997, pp. 1496-1500
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Journal of the Optical Society of America. B, Optical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
07403224
Volume
14
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1496 - 1500
Database
ISI
SICI code
0740-3224(1997)14:6<1496:OPSWAC>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We report a new type of optical parametric oscillator cavity, i.e., a compound cavity with a grazing-incidence prism. The optical parametric oscillator is based on a beta-BaB2O4 crystal and is pumped by the thi rd harmonic of a Nd:YAG laser. Compared with the grazing-incidence-pri sm optical parametric oscillator (narrow-band cavity), the compound ca vity has the same linewidth, whereas its threshold is only half as hig h and its external efficiency is an order of magnitude greater. (C) 19 97 Optical Society of America