Title :
Barium borate optical parametric oscillator
Author :
Fan, Y.X. ; Eckardt, R.C. ; Byer, Robert L. ; Chen, Chuangtian ; Jiang, A.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Appl. Phys., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
fDate :
6/1/1989 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Experimental results of the first BaB2O4 optical parametric oscillator (OPO) are presented. The pump source was the second harmonic output of a Q-switched TEM00 mode Nd:YAG laser. The OPO had 1 mJ output energy with a peak power of 80 kW in a tuning range from 0.94 to 1.22 μm
Keywords :
barium compounds; optical parametric oscillators; 0.94 to 1.22 micron; 1 mJ; 80 kW; BaB2O4; Q-switched TEM00 mode Nd:YAG laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; optical parametric oscillator; output energy; peak power; pump source; second harmonic output; tuning range; Barium; Crystals; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical tuning; Oscillators; Pulse measurements; Pump lasers;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
