DocumentCode
2264227
Title
High beam quality from a nanosecond, image-rotating optical parametric oscillator
Author
Smith, Arlee V. ; Armstrong, Deborah J.
Author_Institution
Dept. 1118, Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
fYear
2002
fDate
24-24 May 2002
Firstpage
171
Abstract
Summary from only given. We designed and built a KTiOPO/sub 4/ crystal collinear phase matching optical parametric oscillator (OPO) that rotates the image of the resonated wave by 90/spl deg/ on each pass of the cavity. Our goal is to verify the predictions of high beam quality from such an OPO even for high pulse energy and large Fresnel number.
Keywords
laser beams; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical images; optical parametric oscillators; optical phase matching; optical rotation; photorefractive materials; potassium compounds; KTP crystal; KTiOPO/sub 4/; KTiOPO/sub 4/ crystal collinear phase matching optical parametric oscillator; collinear phase matching; high beam quality; high pulse energy; large Fresnel number; nanosecond image-rotating optical parametric oscillator; resonated wave; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical feedback; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical ring resonators; Optical sensors; Oscillators;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-706-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033577
Filename
1033577
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