Compact efficient eye-safe intracavity optical parametric oscillator with a shared cavity configuration.
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We present a compact efficient eye-safe intracavity optical parametric oscillator pumped by a passively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser in a shared cavity configuration. A signal pulse of 3.3 mJ energy at a 1573 nm wavelength with a peak power of 150 kW was achieved. The effective conversion efficiency with respective to the optimized 1064 nm Q-switched pulse energy was as high as 51%.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Applied optics
دوره 46 17 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007