Title :
Optical parametric oscillators and nonlinear frequency conversion in the wavelength range from 190 nm to 4.5 μm
Author :
Beigang, R. ; Nebel, A. ; Fallnich, C. ; Fix, A. ; Urschel, R. ; Wallenstein, R.
Author_Institution :
Fachbereich Phys., Kaiserslautern Univ., Germany
Abstract :
In this contribution we report on the design and performance of optical parametric oscillator (OPO) systems and frequency converters investigated at present in our laboratory. This includes seeded and unseeded BBO-OPOs pumped by the harmonics of injection-seeded Nd:YAG lasers. Aspects which are of special interest are design criteria, tuning range, efficiency, output power, pulse shape and the spectral properties of the generated coherent light
Keywords :
barium compounds; laser beams; laser tuning; light coherence; optical frequency conversion; optical materials; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; 190 nm to 4.5 mum; BBO; BaB2O4; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; design criteria; efficiency; frequency converters; generated coherent light; injection-seeded Nd:YAG laser harmonics; laser beam pumping; nonlinear frequency conversion; optical parametric oscillator; output powe; pulse shape; seeded BBO-OPOs; spectral properties; tuning range; unseeded BBO-OPOs; Frequency conversion; Laser tuning; Nonlinear optics; Optical design; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1993. LEOS '93 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1263-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1993.379427
