TY - JOUR
T1 - Compact efficient intracavity optical parametric oscillator with a passively Q-switched Nd
T2 - YVO
4
/Cr
4+
: YAG laser in a hemispherical cavity
AU - Chen, Yung-Fu
AU - Chen, S. W.
AU - Chen, Y. C.
AU - Lan, Yu-Pin
AU - Tsai, S. W.
PY - 2003/10/1
Y1 - 2003/10/1
N2 -
A compact eye-safe optical parametric oscillator (OPO) using a noncritically phase-matched KTP crystal intracavity pumped by a passively Q-switched Nd:YVO
4
laser is experimentally demonstrated. To enhance the performance of passive Q-switching, a Cr
4+
:YAG saturable absorber crystal is coated as an OPO output coupler in a nearly hemispherical cavity. With an incident pump power of 2.5 W, the compact intracavity OPO cavity, operating at 62.5 kHz, produces average powers at 1573 nm up to 255 mW and peak powers higher than 1 kW.
AB -
A compact eye-safe optical parametric oscillator (OPO) using a noncritically phase-matched KTP crystal intracavity pumped by a passively Q-switched Nd:YVO
4
laser is experimentally demonstrated. To enhance the performance of passive Q-switching, a Cr
4+
:YAG saturable absorber crystal is coated as an OPO output coupler in a nearly hemispherical cavity. With an incident pump power of 2.5 W, the compact intracavity OPO cavity, operating at 62.5 kHz, produces average powers at 1573 nm up to 255 mW and peak powers higher than 1 kW.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00340-003-1279-3
DO - 10.1007/s00340-003-1279-3
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0345357218
SN - 0946-2171
VL - 77
SP - 493
EP - 495
JO - Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
JF - Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics
IS - 5
ER -