title: Compact efficient passively Q-switched Nd:GdVO4/PPLN/Cr4+:YAG tunable intracavity optical parametric oscillator.
abstract: We report on a compact efficient diode pumped passively Q-switched Nd:GdVO4/Cr4+:YAG/PPLN intracavity optical parametric oscillator (OPO) with a shared-resonator configuration. Experimental results reveal that the amplitude stability of the shared-resonator configuration is substantially superior to that of the conventional coupledresonator configuration. At a diode pump power of 15 W, the compact intracavity OPO cavity produces the average power greater than 900 mW with a pulse repetition rate of 36 kHz. The output pulses noticeably display the mode-locking phenomenon that leads to the maximum peak power to be higher than 20 kW.
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authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Y F
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authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: S
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authors.lastname: Lin
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authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lin
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authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Huang