Title :
Tuneable broadband optical parametric oscillator pumped by an Yb:KLu(WO4)2 thin-disk laser oscillator
Author :
Lang, T. ; Binhammer, T. ; Rausch, S. ; Palmer, G. ; Schultze, M. ; Morgner, U.
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Quantum Opt., Leibniz Univ. Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Abstract :
In this work, we present a broadband OPO, for the first time based on a broadband zero-dispersion setup. The novel OPO is pumped by a home built frequency-doubled Yb:KLu(WO4)2 thin-disk laser oscillator delivering 23 W of average output power. After the SHG of the infrared 500 fs-pulses to the OPO-pump wavelength of 516 nm, more than 13.5 W of green pump power are available for pumping the BBO crystal within the OPO.
Keywords :
barium compounds; laser tuning; lutetium compounds; optical harmonic generation; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; potassium compounds; solid lasers; ytterbium; BaB2O4; KLu(WO4)2:Yb; optical frequency doubling; power 23 W; second harmonic generation; thin-disk laser oscillator; tuneable broadband optical parametric oscillator; wavelength 516 nm; Power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 2011 Conference on and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference
Conference_Location :
Munich
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0533-5
Electronic_ISBN :
Pending
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE.2011.5942803
