Title :
PPLN monolithic parametric oscillator/amplifier system
Author :
Missey, M.J. ; Dominic, V. ; McKay, Judith ; Edcardt, R.C. ; Vaidyanathan, Mani ; Myers, L.E.
Author_Institution :
Center for Electro-Opt., Dayton Univ., OH, USA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. Periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) has well-known advantages for cw optical parametric oscillators (OPOs). However, its usefulness for high-energy OPOs is far less certain because electric-field poled PPLN is generally limited to thicknesses of about 1 mm, which limits the pump energy to 4 mJ. We investigated various cavity configurations for extracting as much energy as possible from this limited pump fluence while still maintaining good quality output beams.
Keywords :
dielectric polarisation; lithium compounds; optical materials; optical parametric amplifiers; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; 1 mm; 4 mJ; LiNbO/sub 3/; cavity configurations; cw optical parametric oscillators; electric-field poled PPLN; energy extraction; good quality output beams; high-energy OPOs; limited pump fluence; monolithic parametric oscillator; periodically poled lithium niobate; pump energy; Apertures; Gratings; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical amplifiers; Optical pulses; Oscillators; Photorefractive materials; Temperature; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-339-0
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.1998.676604
