Browsing by Author "Wong, BC"

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Efficient generation of continuous-wave yellow light by single-pass sum-frequency mixing of a diode-pumped Nd : YVO4 dual-wavelength laser with periodically poled lithium niobate
(2002-10-15)
Chen, YF
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Tsai, SW
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Wang, SC
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Huang, YC
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Lin, TC
We report efficient generation of cw yellow light by use of single-pass sum-frequency mixing from a diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 dual-wavelength laser with periodically poled lithium niobate. A diode-pumped Nd:YVO4 dual-wavelength laser is implemented with a three-mirror cavity, and the optimum oscillation condition is obtained from theoretical analysis. We extracted 78 mW of power at 593 run from 1.2 W at 1064 nm and from 1.0 W at 1342 nm in a beam with excellent quality. The output power could probably be increased to similar to92 mW by antireflection. coating of the crystal. (C) 2002 Optical Society of America.
Pulsed optical parametric generation, amplification, and oscillation in monolithic periodically poled lithium niobate crystals
(2004-06-01)
Chiang, AC
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Wang, TD
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Lin, YY
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Lau, CW
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Chen, YH
We conducted a series of passively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser pumped optical parametric generation, amplification, and oscillation experiments in monolithic periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) crystals. Double-pass optical parametric generation with an effective gain length of 10 cm in a PPLN crystal was performed in comparison with single-pass operation in the same crystal. By seeding a PPLN, optical parametric amplifier with a distributed feedback (DFB) diode laser, we produced 200-ps transform-limited laser pulses at 1549.6 mn and observed parametric gain competition at different pump levels. For optical parametric oscillations, we first demonstrated 22% power efficiency from a 2.4-cm intrinsic-cavity PPLN optical parametric oscillator pumped by a 4.2-ns, 10-kW passively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser. Preliminary studies on DFB optical parametric oscillators in PPLN are mentioned. The temporal and spectral properties of these optical parametric generators, amplifiers, and oscillators are characterized and discussed.