Title :
High repetition rate bismuth borate optical parametric oscillator pumped by a cavity-dumped Nd:YLF laser
Author :
Lin, Shujie ; Sharifi, Mehdi ; Miller, R. J Dwayne ; Castelino, Robin ; Foster, Stuart
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Opt. Sci., Univ. of Toronro, Toronro, ON, Canada
Abstract :
We present a bismuth borate optical parametric oscillator pumped by cavity-dumped Nd:YLF laser delivering low jitter 9.5ns millijoule pulses at 1 kHz tunable from 720 to 900 nm that is ideally suited for photoacoustic medical imaging.
Keywords :
biomedical imaging; neodymium; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; solid lasers; yttrium compounds; YLF:Nd; cavity-dumped laser; frequency 1 kHz; optical parametric oscillator; photoacoustic medical imaging; time 9.5 ns; wavelength 720 nm to 900 nm; Biomedical optical imaging; Bismuth; Jitter; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Pump lasers; Tunable circuits and devices; (140.3580) Solid-state Lasers; (190.4970) Parametric Oscillators and Amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
