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A narrowband optical parametric oscillator tunable over 6.8 THz through degeneracy with a transversely-chirped volume Bragg grating

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An efficient nanosecond optical parametric oscillator (OPO) with output energies of 0.75 mJ using a periodically poled KTiOPO4 crystal pumped at 532 nm and generating narrowband output continuously tunable over the range of 6.8 THz, between 1053 nm and 1075 nm, is demonstrated by employing a transversely-chirped volume Bragg grating. The tunable reflectivity spectrum of the chirped volume Bragg grating allowed a smooth transition between singly-resonant and doubly-resonant operation of the OPO without cavity rearrangement. This gave a unique possibility to experimentally verify theoretical predictions regarding the efficiency of type-I and type-0 phase matched degenerate OPOs pumped by multimode Q-switched lasers.

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  1. Department of Applied Physics, Royal Institute of Technology, 10691, Stockholm, Sweden

    N. Thilmann, B. Jacobsson, C. Canalias, V. Pasiskevicius & F. Laurell

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Thilmann, N., Jacobsson, B., Canalias, C. et al. A narrowband optical parametric oscillator tunable over 6.8 THz through degeneracy with a transversely-chirped volume Bragg grating. Appl. Phys. B 105, 239–244 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-011-4686-x

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