Title :
High beam quality from a nanosecond, image-rotating optical parametric oscillator
Author :
Smith, Arlee V. ; Armstrong, Deborah J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. 1118, Sandia Nat. Labs., Albuquerque, NM, USA
Abstract :
Summary from only given. We designed and built a KTiOPO/sub 4/ crystal collinear phase matching optical parametric oscillator (OPO) that rotates the image of the resonated wave by 90/spl deg/ on each pass of the cavity. Our goal is to verify the predictions of high beam quality from such an OPO even for high pulse energy and large Fresnel number.
Keywords :
laser beams; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; optical images; optical parametric oscillators; optical phase matching; optical rotation; photorefractive materials; potassium compounds; KTP crystal; KTiOPO/sub 4/; KTiOPO/sub 4/ crystal collinear phase matching optical parametric oscillator; collinear phase matching; high beam quality; high pulse energy; large Fresnel number; nanosecond image-rotating optical parametric oscillator; resonated wave; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Nonlinear optics; Optical control; Optical feedback; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical ring resonators; Optical sensors; Oscillators;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1033577
