Development of an optical parametric oscillator damage test facility
- Big Sky Laser Technologies, Bozeman, MT (United States)
We report the development of a optical parametric oscillator (OPO) laser exposure testing facility operating at a wavelength 1.57 microns. This facility consists of a singly resonant optical parametric oscillator employing KTP in a non-critically phase matched condition. The test facility is pumped by a Q-switched Nd:YAG laser operating 1064 nm. The overall layout and design of the facility is described. Standard operating parameters are described as well as a summary of damage threshold data of typical OPO laser system components. The system was primarily designed to test optical components in OPO laser systems for the rapidly developing field of eye-safe laser systems (illumination, LIDAR, range finding, and industrial sensing).
- Research Organization:
- International Society for Optical Engineering, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 552180
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9410155--Vol.2428
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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