Investigation of a diode-pumped intracavity optical parametric oscillator in pulsed and continuous wave operation

Author

Jensen, O.B. ; Skettrup, T. ; Balle-Petersen, O. ; Bruun-Larsen, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Tech. Univ. Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark

fYear

2001

fDate

11-11 May 2001

Firstpage

537

Lastpage

538

Abstract

Summary form only given. CW and pulsed compact tunable laser sources in the infrared have widespread scientific, medical and industrial applications. Such a laser source can be obtained by use of a diode-pumped intracavity optical parametric oscillator (IOPO). We report on a IOPO based on a Yb:YAG laser incorporating a periodically poled LiNbO/sub 3/ (PPLN) crystal inside the laser cavity to take advantage of the high circulating intracavity field. The Yb:YAG crystal is pumped by a reliable 940 nm fibre-coupled diode laser. The IOPO consists of a Yb:YAG crystal coated for HR at 1030 nm, an intracavity lens to generate a beam waist in the PPLN crystal, a dichroic mirror to separate the laser and signal fields and two end mirrors.

Keywords

laser cavity resonators; laser tuning; lithium compounds; optical parametric oscillators; solid lasers; ytterbium; 1340 to 1410 nm; 3800 to 4450 nm; LiNbO/sub 3/; YAG:Yb; YAl5O12:Yb; Yb:YAG laser; continuous wave operation; dichroic mirror; diode-pumped intracavity OPO; dynamic behaviour; intracavity lens; periodically poled crystal; pulsed operation; relaxation oscillations; tunable laser sources; Biomedical optical imaging; Diodes; Fiber lasers; Laser applications; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Pump lasers; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO '01. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2001.948141

Filename

948141