摘要
An efficient high-energy eye-safe optical parametric oscillator （OPO） based on a type-Ⅱ non-critically phasematched KTP crystal is demonstrated. The KTP OPO is pumped by a quasi-cw diode side-pumped electrooptic Q-switched Nd：YAG laser in a compound-cavity configuration. The maximum output energy of the signal wavelength at 1.57 μm b 66.5 m J, corresponding to an electrical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 4.47% and an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 12.1%. The pulse width （FWHM） is about 3.6 ns with a peak power of 18.5 MW. The output energy is insensitive to repetition rate and demonstrates good stability.
An efficient high-energy eye-safe optical parametric oscillator （OPO） based on a type-Ⅱ non-critically phasematched KTP crystal is demonstrated. The KTP OPO is pumped by a quasi-cw diode side-pumped electrooptic Q-switched Nd：YAG laser in a compound-cavity configuration. The maximum output energy of the signal wavelength at 1.57 μm b 66.5 m J, corresponding to an electrical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 4.47% and an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 12.1%. The pulse width （FWHM） is about 3.6 ns with a peak power of 18.5 MW. The output energy is insensitive to repetition rate and demonstrates good stability.
基金
Supported by the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education under Grant No 20070420118, the Tianjin Municipal Primary Application and Frontier Technology Research Plan under Grant No 07JCYBJC06200, the National Basic Research Programme of China under Grant No 2007CB310403, and the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No 60801017.
