High-power, variable repetition rate, picosecond optical parametric oscillator pumped by an amplified gain-switched diode

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 7602-7610

  Kienle, Florian ^a   Chen, Kang K ^a   Alam, Shaif Ul ^a   Gawith, Corin B E ^b   MacKenzie, Jacob I ^a   Hanna, David C ^a   Richardson, David J ^a   Shepherd, David P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Covesion Ltd ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; OPTICALLY PUMPED LASERS; PULSE REPETITION RATE; PUMPING (LASER);

GAIN-SWITCHED; GAIN-SWITCHED LASER DIODES; NONLINEAR CRYSTALS; OUTPUT BEAM; PERIODICALLY POLED MGO DOPED LINBO; PICOSECONDS; REPETITION RATE; SINGLY-RESONANT OSCILLATOR;

PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS;

EID: 77950906811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.007602     Document Type: Article

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