Compact microchip optical parametric oscillator

Author

Fulop, L. ; Fulbert, L. ; Molva, E.

Author_Institution

CEA, Centre d´Etudes Nucleaires de Grenoble, France

fYear

1999

fDate

28-28 May 1999

Firstpage

515

Lastpage

516

Abstract

Summary form only given. The interest in OPOs have been renewed last years because of advances in solid-state pump lasers and new nonlinear-optical materials. The use of the OPO concept in industrial compact systems such as range-finders or gas detectors require the reduction of pump laser size. The objective of the work was to use a Q-switched Nd:YAG microchip laser to pump an OPO and thus to obtain a Q-switched high-frequency all-solid-state light-source emitting between 1.3 /spl mu/m and 4 /spl mu/m.

Keywords

Q-switching; infrared sources; micro-optics; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; solid lasers; 1.3 to 4 mum; Nd:YAG microchip laser; Q-switched high-frequency all-solid-state light-source; Q-switched laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; compact microchip optical parametric oscillator; gas detectors; industrial compact systems; nonlinear-optical materials; optical parametric oscillator concept; pump laser size; range-finders; solid-state light-source; solid-state pump lasers; Gas lasers; Laser excitation; Microchip lasers; Nonlinear optics; Optical materials; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Pump lasers; Solid lasers; Solid state circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1999. CLEO '99. Summaries of Papers Presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-595-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1999.834527

Filename

834527