Broadly tunable picosecond pulses generated in a β-BaB2O4 optical parametric amplifier pumped by 0.532 μm pulses
- 28 September 1992
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 61 (13) , 1490-1492
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.107525
Abstract
We report the generation of a highly intense, tunable source from 0.67 μm to 2.58 μm by optical parametric generation and amplification in β‐barium borate (BBO) pumped by picosecond pulses at 0.532 μm. The maximum conversion efficiency from the pump to the signal is 13%. The output energy is in the range a few hundred μJ.Keywords
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