Citation
Pb. Phua et al., Multiwatt high-repetition-rate 2-mu m output from an intracavity KTiOPO4 optical parametric oscillator, APPL OPTICS, 39(9), 2000, pp. 1435-1439
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
APPLIED OPTICS
ISSN journal
00036935
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Volume
39
Issue
9
Year of publication
2000
Pages
1435 - 1439
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6935(20000320)39:9<1435:MH2MOF>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We have obtained 6.5 W of 2-mu m output from a near-degenerate, type II KTi
OPO4 (KTP) optical parametric oscillator (OPO) pumped within the cavity of
a Q-switched diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser that operates at 3 kHz. We adopted t
he simplest configuration with a compact diode-pumped Nd:YAG module pumping
the doubly resonant KTP OPO in its randomly polarized resonator with an ac
ousto-optic Q switch. Attempts to increase the 2-mu m output power by pumpi
ng this intracavity KTP OPO with a polarized laser beam by use of thermal b
irefringence compensation configurations are discussed. (C) 2000 Optical So
ciety of America OCIS codes: 190.4410, 190.4970.