Title :
Compact microchip optical parametric oscillator
Author :
Fulop, L. ; Fulbert, L. ; Molva, E.
Author_Institution :
CEA, Centre d´Etudes Nucleaires de Grenoble, France
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1999.834527
