Spectral line narrowing of a degenerate PPLN OPO

Ian R. Jones; Scott D. Niven; Jonathan A. C. Terry; David H. Titterton

doi:10.1117/12.479844

17 June 2003 Spectral line narrowing of a degenerate PPLN OPO

Ian R. Jones, Scott D. Niven, Jonathan A. C. Terry, David H. Titterton

Proceedings Volume 4968, Solid State Lasers XII; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.479844
Event: High-Power Lasers and Applications, 2003, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

Laser beams with high peak power and narrow line output are fundamental for non-linear conversion. Novel intracavity techniques which improve the spectral brightness of a high average power, degenerate, periodically-poled Lithium Niobate (PPLN) optical parametric oscillator (OPO) are reported. The OPO was pumped with a modulated, high repetition rate Q-switched Nd:YAG laser, which produced an average power of 20 W in a near-diffraction limited beam. The broadband full width half maximum (FWHM) of the OPO was measured to be 120 nm, with an average power output of 7.7 W. Using an air-spaced etalon in combination with a quartz birefringent filter as line-narrowing elements, this decreased to a line-narrowed average power of 4.5 W, with a full width half maximum (FWHM) of 3 nm. Experimental results indicate that the power loss from the OPO is proportional to the residual loss of the line-narrowing elements in the OPO cavity.

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Ian R. Jones, Scott D. Niven, Jonathan A. C. Terry, and David H. Titterton "Spectral line narrowing of a degenerate PPLN OPO", Proc. SPIE 4968, Solid State Lasers XII, (17 June 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.479844

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