• DocumentCode
    386130
  • Title

    Design and performance of an image-rotating, nanosecond optical parametric oscillator

  • Author

    Smith, Arlee V. ; Armstrong, Darrell J.

  • Author_Institution
    Sandia Nat. Lab., Albuquerque, NM, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    2002
  • Firstpage
    149
  • Abstract
    Our goal is an efficient, high pulse energy, nanosecond optical parametric oscillator with good beam quality. We find that including 90° image rotation in the cavity helps achieve this performance.
  • Keywords
    optical design techniques; optical images; optical parametric oscillators; optical pumping; optical rotation; cavity; good beam quality; high pulse energy; image rotation; image-rotating nanosecond optical parametric oscillator design; Crystals; Laboratories; Laser excitation; Leg; Mirrors; Nonlinear optics; Optical design; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7500-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2002.1133971
  • Filename
    1133971