High repetition rate mid-infrared generation with singly resonant optical parametric oscillator using multi-grating periodically poled MgO:LiNbO3

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-22

  Dixit, Nimish ^a   Mahendra, Rouchin ^a   Naraniya, O P ^a   Kaul, A N ^a   Gupta, A K ^a  

^a Ministry of Defence   (India)

Author keywords

MgO:PPLN; Optical parametric oscillator; Parametric generation

Indexed keywords

1064 NM; GRATING PERIODS; HIGH REPETITION RATE; IDLER BEAMS; MGO:LINBO; MGO:PPLN; MIDINFRARED; MIDINFRARED GENERATION; OUTPUT POWER; PARAMETRIC GENERATION; PERIODICALLY POLED; PULSE WIDTH; PUMP BEAMS; Q-SWITCHED; REPETITION RATE; SIGNAL BEAMS; SIGNAL POWER;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; PUMPING (LASER);

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 68949107363     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2009.04.012     Document Type: Article

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