Abstract

We demonstrate an eye-safe KTP-based optical parametric oscillator (OPO) driven intracavity by a diode-pumped 1064-nm Nd:YAG laser, passively Q-switched by a Cr⁴⁺:YAG crystal. The characteristics of this system, which operates at 1570 nm with a repetition rate as high as 50 Hz, are studied as a function of Cr⁴⁺:YAG optical density. Under optimum conditions the OPO generates 1.5-mJ, 3.4 ± 0.1-ns pulses in a single transverse mode. For a Cr⁴⁺:YAG Q-switch element with an optical density of 0.5 the conversion efficiency of the intracavity energy is ∼45% with the ratio of OPO to Nd:YAG peak-pulse intensity exceeding unity. These and other OPO characteristics compare favorably with a simple rate equation model of the OPO dynamics.

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