Monolithic MgO:LiNbO sub 3 doubly resonant optical parametric oscillator pumped by a frequency-doubled diode-laser-pumped Nd:YAG laser

Technical Report · Sat Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5677568

Byer, R L; Nabors, C D; Kozlovsky, W J; Eckardt, R C

The authors demonstrated a monolithic MgO:LiNbO3 doubly resonant optical parametric oscillator (OPO) using an all solid-state pump. The pump laser was a single-axial-mode monolithic Nd:YAG nonplanar ring oscillator whose diode-laser pump was modulated at 325 kHz to produce relaxation oscillation spikes to higher peak powers at 1.06 micrometers that were frequency doubled in a resonant cavity to 532 nm. Pump depletions for the OPO output was temperature tuned from 1.01 to 1.13 micrometers, producing single-axial-mode output over much of the range. By changing the voltage applied across the OPO, the output wavelength was scanned as much as 11 nm in 310 V.

• Research Organization: Stanford Univ., CA (USA). Edward L. Ginzton Lab.
• OSTI ID: 5677568
• Report Number(s): AD-A-209053/8/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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