Title :
High average infrared output power of 1W with LiNbO3 optical parametric oscillator
Author :
Cho, Ki-Ho ; Rhee, Bum Ku
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Sogang Univ., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
With a singly resonant parametric oscillator based on a bulk LiNbO3 crystal pumped by a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser, we attain the average output power as high as 1 W for the signal wave of 1540 nm.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; infrared sources; lithium compounds; optical materials; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; solid lasers; 1 W; 1540 nm; LiNbO3; LiNbO3 optical parametric oscillator; Q-switched Nd:YAG laser; YAG:Nd; YAl5O12:Nd; bulk LiNbO3 crystal; high average infrared output power; pulse optical parametric oscillator; resonant parametric oscillator; Laser beam cutting; Laser excitation; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Oscillators; Power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2003. The 5th Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7766-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2003.1277075
