Tunable β-barium borate optical parametric oscillator: operating characteristics with and without injection seeding

A. Fix; T. Schröder; R. Wallenstein; J. B. Haub; M. J. Johnson; B. J. Orr

doi:10.1364/JOSAB.10.001744

Tunable β-barium borate optical parametric oscillator: operating characteristics with and without injection seeding

A. Fix, T. Schröder, R. Wallenstein, J. B. Haub, M. J. Johnson, B. J. Orr

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The operating characteristics of a pulsed β-barium borate optical parametric oscillator, pumped at 355 nm by a single-mode Nd:YAG laser, are described. This device operates with high conversion efficiency (up to 61Yo) and high output energy (> 100 mJ) over most of its wide tuning range (0.41-2.7 μm). Continuous narrow-band tuning over as wide a range as 140 cm-' is achieved by injection seeding with light from a tunable pulsed dye laser. The spectroscopic potential of this narrow-band β-barium borate optical parametric oscillator is demonstrated by recording photoacoustic spectra of acetylene gas in the near-infrared spectral range.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1744-1750
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics
Volume	10
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.10.001744
Publication status	Published - Sept 1993

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