Abstract

Pulsed optical parametric oscillators for generating visible and near-IR output were investigated to determine the prospects of average-power scaling. The devices used β-barium borate and lithium triborate crystals. Experimental results show that the combination of a low-energy master oscillator and a higher-energy slave oscillator can be configured for devices of medium average power.

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Comparison of lithium triborate and β-barium borate as nonlinear media for optical parametric oscillators

Dominic E. Withers, Gordon Robertson, Angus J. Henderson, Yan Tang, Yong Cui, Wilson Sibbett, Bruce D. Sinclair, and Malcolm H. Dunn
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 10(9) 1737-1743 (1993)

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

J. Y. Zhang, J. Y. Huang, Y. R. Shen, and C. Chen
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 10(9) 1758-1764 (1993)

β-Barium borate and lithium triborate picosecond parametric oscillators pumped by a frequency-tripled passive negative-feedback mode-locked Nd:YAG laser

A. Agnesi, G. C. Reali, V. Kubecek, S. Kumazaki, Y. Takagi, and K. Yoshihara
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 10(11) 2211-2217 (1993)

Tunable β-barium borate optical parametric oscillator: operating characteristics with and without injection seeding

A. Fix, T. Schröder, R. Wallenstein, J. G. Haub, M. J. Johnson, and B. J. Orr
J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 10(9) 1744-1750 (1993)

Kilohertz femtosecond UV-pumped visible β-barium borate and lithium triborate optical parametric generator and amplifier

Hong Wang, Kam Sing Wong, Daoqun Deng, Zuyan Xu, George K. L. Wong, and Jingyuan Zhang
Appl. Opt. 36(9) 1889-1893 (1997)