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Employing a coated right-angled sapphire prism as the OPO cavity mirror, AgGaS2 type-I singly resonant optical parametric oscillator was demonstrated experimentally, which was pumped by a ns 1.064 μm Nd:YAG laser. Continuously tunable 2.35 to 5.27 μm radiation without changing cavity mirrors and maximum output energy 0.58 mJ per pulse are recorded.
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Wang, T.J., Zhang, H.Z., Wu, F.G. et al. 3–5 μm AgGaS2 optical parametric oscillator with prism cavity. Laser Phys. 19, 377–380 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1054660X09030013
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