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CW singly-resonant optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled LiNbO/sub 3/

W. R. Bosenberg, A. Drobshoff, Jason Alexander, L.E. Myers, William Tulloch, Robert L. Byer

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Summary form only given. Our work is the first report of a broadly tunable cw singly resonant optical parametric oscillator (SRO). We use the 1.064-/spl mu/m radiation from a Nd:YAG laser to pump periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) obtaining tunable radiation in the important 1.5-/spl mu/m and 3.3-/spl mu/m regions. The high gain and low loss of PPLN are the key to the operation of this device. The PPLN OPO operated robustly 2-3 times above threshold with a maximum pump depletion of 50%.

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Key concepts: Lithium niobate, Optical parametric oscillator, Materials science, Optics, Laser, Optical parametric amplifier, Radiation, Optical pumping