title: Picosecond optical parametric oscillator pumped by temporally compressed pulses from a Q-switched, mode-locked, cw-pumped Nd:YAG laser.
abstract: Using, for the first time to our knowledge, the frequency-doubled temporally compressed pulses from a cw-pumped, Q-switched, mode-locked Nd:YAG laser to pump a parametric oscillator based on temperature-tuned barium sodium niobate, we generated resolution-limited pulses of 3.5 psec, tunable from 0.95 to 1.2 microm, with an energy efficiency of up to 13% at Q-switched rates of up to 3 kHz.
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Piskarskas
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Smilgevic˜ius
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Umbrasas
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Juodisius
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Gomes
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Taylor