Design and performance of efficient narrowband and mode-locked optical parametric oscillators of BBO and KTP

Rene Beigang; Carsten Fallnich; R. Feldbausch; Andreas Fix; C. Graesser; Achim Nebel; R. Urschel; T. Schroeder; Dapeng Wang; Richard E. Wallenstein

doi:10.1117/12.148390

7 August 1993 Design and performance of efficient narrowband and mode-locked optical parametric oscillators of BBO and KTP

Rene Beigang, Carsten Fallnich, R. Feldbausch, Andreas Fix, C. Graesser, Achim Nebel, R. Urschel, T. Schroeder, Dapeng Wang, Richard E. Wallenstein

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Proceedings Volume 1869, Intracavity and Extracavity Control of Laser Beam Properties; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.148390
Event: OE/LASE'93: Optics, Electro-Optics, and Laser Applications in Scienceand Engineering, 1993, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Abstract

Optical parametric oscillators (OPO) of beta-Bariumborate pumped by pulsed single-mode Nd:YAG lasers and seeded with the light of narrowband tunable lasers are powerful coherent light sources which provide high efficiency (40 - 60%), wide tuning range (300 - 3000 nm) and narrow linewidth (0.02 cm^-1). In this contribution we also report on the efficient operation of noncritically phase matched cw mode-locked ps- and fs-OPOs of KTP synchronously pumped by Ti:Sapphire lasers. These OPOs generate stable transform limited pulses in the near infrared (1.05 - 2.9 micrometers ) with power conversion efficiencies of up to 40%.

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Rene Beigang, Carsten Fallnich, R. Feldbausch, Andreas Fix, C. Graesser, Achim Nebel, R. Urschel, T. Schroeder, Dapeng Wang, and Richard E. Wallenstein "Design and performance of efficient narrowband and mode-locked optical parametric oscillators of BBO and KTP", Proc. SPIE 1869, Intracavity and Extracavity Control of Laser Beam Properties, (7 August 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.148390

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