Multiwatt mid-IR output from a Nd : YALO laser pumped intracavity KTA OPO

Authors
Wu, RF Lai, KS Wong, HF Xie, WJ Lim, YL Lau, E
Citation
Rf. Wu et al., Multiwatt mid-IR output from a Nd : YALO laser pumped intracavity KTA OPO, OPT EXPRESS, 8(13), 2001, pp. 694-698
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
OPTICS EXPRESS
ISSN journal
10944087 → ACNP
Volume
8
Issue
13
Year of publication
2001
Pages
694 - 698
Database
ISI
SICI code
1094-4087(20010618)8:13<694:MMOFAN>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
We have achieved 4.1W of 3.5-micron output from a noncritically phasematche d (NCPM), type II, KTiOAsO4 (KTA) optical parametric oscillator (OPO) pumpe d within the cavity of a Q-switched diode-pumped Nd: YALO laser operating a t 10kHz. We adopted the simplest configuration with a compact diode-pumped Nd: YALO module pumping the singly resonant KTA OPO. Besides 4.1W of 3.5um, 10.9W of 1.5 micron and 11.3W of 1-micron radiation were obtained simultan eously. (C) 2001 Optical Society of America.