Abstract

We have demonstrated a monolithic MgO:LiNbO₃ doubly resonant optical parametric oscillator (OPO) using an all-solid-state pump. The pump laser was a single-axial-mode monolithic Nd:YAG nonplanar ring oscillator whose diode-laser pump was modulated at 325 kHz to produce relaxation oscillation spikes to higher peak powers at 1.06 μm that were frequency doubled in a resonant cavity to 532 nm. Pump depletions for the OPO of greater than 60% were observed when pumping six times above the calculated 40-mW threshold. The OPO output was temperature tuned from 1.01 to 1.13 μm, producing single-axial-mode output over much of the range. By changing the voltage applied across the OPO, the output wavelength was scanned as much as 11 nm in 310 V.

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Efficient, single-axial-mode operation of a monolithic MgO:LiNbO₃ optical parametric oscillator

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Opt. Lett. 14(20) 1134-1136 (1989)

Efficient monolithic MgO:LiNbO₃ singly resonant optical parametric oscillator

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Intracavity frequency doubling of a diode-pumped 946-nm Nd:YAG laser with bulk periodically poled MgO–LiNbO₃

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Continuous-wave singly resonant optical parametric oscillator pumped by a single-frequency resonantly doubled Nd:YAG laser

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Nd:MgO:LiNbO₃ continuous-wave laser pumped by a laser diode

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