Optical parametric generation and amplification in barium borate and lithium triborate crystals

Journal Article · Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Journal of the Optical Society of America, Part B: Optical Physics; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.10.001758· OSTI ID:5922404

Zhang, J Y; Huang, J Y; Shen, Y R; Chen, C ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, University of California at Berkeley, and Center for Advanced Materials, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)

A picosecond, widely tunable, optical parametric generator--amplifier system can be constructed with barium borate and lithium triborate crystals pumped by third- or second-harmonic output of an active--passive mode-locked Nd:YAG laser. A tunable output of several hundred mirojoules per pulse with a conversion efficiency as high as 30% has been obtained. The tuning range covers from 0.4 to 2.0 or from 0.6 to 2.5 [mu]m and can be extended by sum- and difference-frequency generation to near 0.2 [mu]m in the UV and to near 8 [mu]m in the IR. The output linewidth can be narrowed to near the transform limit with the help of frequency selection by a grating.

• DOE Contract Number: AC03-76SF00098
• OSTI ID: 5922404
• Journal Information: Journal of the Optical Society of America, Part B: Optical Physics; (United States), Journal Name: Journal of the Optical Society of America, Part B: Optical Physics; (United States) Vol. 10:9; ISSN JOBPDE; ISSN 0740-3224
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS
ALKALINE EARTH METAL COMPOUNDS
AMPLIFIERS
BARIUM COMPOUNDS
BORATES
BORON COMPOUNDS
DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
OPTICAL PUMPING
OSCILLATORS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIERS
PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS
PUMPING
TUNING