TY - JOUR
T1 - LiInSe2 nanosecond optical parametric oscillator
AU - Zondy, Jean Jacques
AU - Vedenyapin, Vitaliy
AU - Yelisseyev, Alexander
AU - Lobanov, Sergei
AU - Isaenko, Ludmila
AU - Petrov, Valentin
PY - 2005/9/15
Y1 - 2005/9/15
N2 - Optical parametric oscillation using the new lithium selenoindate nonlinear crystal is reported for what is to our knowledge the first time. A 17 mm long, type II phase-matched sample is pumped by a 10 ns Nd:YAG laser. The minimum pump energy threshold is 3 mJ for a signal-resonant configuration. The signal and idler waves are tunable between 1.47 and 1.57 μm, and 3.3 and 3.78 μm, with a total output energy of 170 μJ corresponding to a 2.4% energy conversion at 8 mJ pump, only limited by the AR coatings damage. With optimized crystal quality and coatings, lithium selenoindate should show superior performance as compared with AgGaS(e)2 crystals, owing to its 4 × larger thermal conductivity.
AB - Optical parametric oscillation using the new lithium selenoindate nonlinear crystal is reported for what is to our knowledge the first time. A 17 mm long, type II phase-matched sample is pumped by a 10 ns Nd:YAG laser. The minimum pump energy threshold is 3 mJ for a signal-resonant configuration. The signal and idler waves are tunable between 1.47 and 1.57 μm, and 3.3 and 3.78 μm, with a total output energy of 170 μJ corresponding to a 2.4% energy conversion at 8 mJ pump, only limited by the AR coatings damage. With optimized crystal quality and coatings, lithium selenoindate should show superior performance as compared with AgGaS(e)2 crystals, owing to its 4 × larger thermal conductivity.
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U2 - 10.1364/OL.30.002460
DO - 10.1364/OL.30.002460
M3 - Article
C2 - 16196352
AN - SCOPUS:26844555195
VL - 30
SP - 2460
EP - 2462
JO - Optics Letters
JF - Optics Letters
SN - 0146-9592
IS - 18
ER -