Abstract
An effective method for wavelength tuning in an optical parametric oscillator (OPO) was proposed using noncollinear phase-matching (PM) in a ring cavity. This method was particularly useful for noncritically phase-matched (NCPM) KTP/KTA OPOs where changing the crystal orientation or working temperature is ineffective. A wide tuning range in the eye-safe band from 1572.9 nm to 1684.2 nm was realized pumped by an Nd:YAG laser at 1.06 μm in an NCPM KTP OPO while the internal noncollinear angle was tuned from 0 to 3.1° or the external angle from 0° to 5.8°, with slight variation of the deflection angle of one cavity mirror. The good beam quality and high spectrum intensity of the narrow-linewidth Nd:YAG laser resulted in 33.3% conversion efficiency for the collinear case and above 11% throughout the tuning range. Such OPOs have many potential applications where tunable eye-safe lasers are required, and the proposed wavelength tuning method can be extended to all kinds of OPOs.
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