Sviluppo di una sorgente innovativa di impulsi ottici accordabili in durata e lunghezza d'onda
Autore
Andrea Lucca - Università degli Studi di Pavia - [1999-00]
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Abstract
A synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillator (OPO) employing periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) efficiently generates diffraction-limited short pulses that are tunable in the 1.451.56-m spectral range, with their duration adjustable from 1 ps15 ps and output
power as high as 630 mW. The pump laser that produces these unique OPO characteristics is a 200-MHz, 2.5-W average power, diode-pumped Nd:YVO 4 laser emitting at 1064 nm and passively mode locked by a nonlinear mirror (NLM) technique. One can select the output pulse width from the vanadate laser to be either 16 or 6 ps simply by choosing the appropriate NLM configuration. Significantly enhanced performance of the mode-locked Nd:YVO 4 laser was obtained with a critically phase-matched type I LiB 3 O 5 crystal. A comparison of this crystal with type II KTiOPO 4 is reported.
power as high as 630 mW. The pump laser that produces these unique OPO characteristics is a 200-MHz, 2.5-W average power, diode-pumped Nd:YVO 4 laser emitting at 1064 nm and passively mode locked by a nonlinear mirror (NLM) technique. One can select the output pulse width from the vanadate laser to be either 16 or 6 ps simply by choosing the appropriate NLM configuration. Significantly enhanced performance of the mode-locked Nd:YVO 4 laser was obtained with a critically phase-matched type I LiB 3 O 5 crystal. A comparison of this crystal with type II KTiOPO 4 is reported.
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